Paula celebrates Helsinki win (Photo: Victor Sailer)
15th August 2005
Paula Radcliffe today won the marathon at the 2005 World Championships in a championship record of 2:20:57.
This is Paula's first gold medal at a global summer championships and came eight days after she placed 9th in the 10,000m final in a time of 30:42.75. It is also Britain's first and only gold medal of these World Championships.
Paula led for most of the race, although her pace was an even and conservative one. She faced several challenges for the lead, mainly from Romania's Costantina Dita-Tomescu who eventually faded to finish third.
Kenya's Catherine Ndereba finished second with a time of 2:22:01 – her fastest time since finishing second to Paula in her world-record run in London, 2003.
Paula's winning time was the fastest ever clocking for a championship marathon and is also the fastest clocking for a summer marathon.
Look out for exclusive pictures, interviews, stats and insights on Paula's win on this website over the coming week.
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Jon Mulkeen for PaulaRadcliffe.com
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