Paula Radcliffe rules! In what will go into the recordbooks as the best debut ever, Paula Radcliffe won the London marathon today in the incredible time of 2.18.56 (unofficial, taken from television). She is the 3rd athlete ever (Takahashi '01 and Ndereba '01) to run under 2.20. She missed the world record by only 10 seconds! (2.18.47/46) . Radcliffe also ran a magnificent negative split (1.07? second half). 2nd and 3rd: The Russians Zacharova (2.22.31) and Petrova (2.22.34). 4th: Tosa (2.22.44 - did a lot of work in the second group). 5th: Chepkemei (seen throwing up at about 35 km).
Regards, Wilmar
