She defender her London title.
Paula Radcliffe set a stunning women’s world marathon record on this day in 2003 when she defended her London Marathon title.
She beat that mark in Chicago by a minute and 53 seconds and finished more than four minutes ahead of second-placed Kenyan Catherine Ndereba, while Deena Drossin set a new American record to finish third.Radcliffe, then 29, was also the first Briton over the finishing line in the mixed sex event that used male pacemakers.
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