No one remembers who came fourth.

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• Paula Radcliffe:

  You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of t

• Paula Radcliffe:

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• Paula Radcliffe:

  To represent your country at a home Olympics is something special and I'm over the moon to be selec

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• Paula Radcliffe:

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• Paula Radcliffe:

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