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Paula Radcliffe sets world record at London Marathon
YB WEB DESK. Dated: 4/15/2021 12:22:39 PM
Paula Radcliffe smashed the women's world record at the London Marathon on April 13, 2003. The British star was already the record holder having set a new best of two hours, 17 minutes and 18 seconds in Chicago in 2002 – her first year stepping up to the distance. She had also won the London Marathon in 2002 in a record time for a women's only race but wanted to push the boundaries by using male pacemakers. Paula Radcliffe poses with her world record time (Rebecca Naden/PA) The tactic earned her criticism but Radcliffe seized her opportunity spectacularly by completing the course in 2hrs 15mins 25secs, dominating the race from start to finish. Radcliffe, then 29, said: "Everyone said that London could not be a fast course. But I knew from last year it was. "We got a good day, and the wind was behind us more than it was in front – and we have proved.