Paula Radcliffe de punta a punta en el Maratón de Nueva York 2008

En una sorprendente carrera, la inglesa alcanza la victoria con un tiempo de 2:23:56. Ludmila Pretova de Rusia y Kara Goucher de los Estados Unidos se ubicaron en el tercero y cuarto lugar, respectivamente.





Los resultados parciales de estas tres mujeres son los siguientes:

Runner	Bib M16	K5 M17	K10 M18	K15 M19	K20 M20	Half M21	K25 M22	K30 M23	K35 M24	K40 M25	Finish M26
Goucher Kara	F7 1:30:15	0:18:04 1:34:47	0:35:33 1:40:07	0:52:44 1:45:29	1:09:41 1:51:01	1:13:24 1:56:27	1:26:57 2:01:54	1:43:33 2:07:27	2:00:39 2:13:16	2:18:04 2:18:52	2:25:53 2:24:36
Petrova Ludmila	F40 1:30:15	0:18:07 1:34:48	0:35:34 1:40:07	0:52:45 1:45:27	1:09:42 1:50:55	1:13:24 1:56:13	1:26:57 2:01:37	1:43:32 2:07:14	2:00:21 2:13:08	2:17:59 2:18:48	2:25:43 2:24:29
Radcliffe Paula	F1 1:30:14	0:18:05 1:34:47	0:35:33 1:40:07	0:52:44 1:45:27	1:09:42 1:50:55	1:13:23 1:56:13	1:26:56 2:01:25	1:43:32 2:06:40	2:00:13 2:12:12	2:16:40 2:17:26	2:23:56 2:22:45

Sobre Paula Radcliffe:

Birthdate: December 17, 1973
Personal Best: 2:15:25 [world record] (London, 2003)

World Marathon Majors:
2008: Olympic Games (Beijing), 23rd, 2:32:38
2007: New York City Marathon, 1st, 2:23:09
2005: London Marathon, 1st, 2:17:42
2005: World Championships (Helsinki), 1st, 2:20:57
2004: Olympic Games (Athens), DNF
2004: New York City Marathon, 1st, 2:23:10
2003: London Marathon, 1st, 2:15:25 (WR)
2002: London Marathon, 1st, 2:18:56
2002: Chicago Marathon, 1st, 2:17:18 (WR)

Skinny: Paula Radcliffe is the best marathoner in history. She may not be the greatest champion in history, given her lack of an Olympic title, but let one thing be clear: when she is on her game, no one has ever been close to her in the marathon. We think she'll be on her game on Sunday in New York and thus we expect her to win. Radcliffe's world record of 2:15:25 is 3:22 faster than the No. 2 all-time mark of 2:18:47 set by Catherine Ndereba. That's an average of over 7.7 seconds per mile, which is almost 24 seconds over 5K. Thus if you have a 14:00 5K and a 14:24 5K runner racing each other, would you ever rightfully pick the 14:24 person to win? Radcliffe's stellar 10-mile run last week proves that she's in shape. Last Sunday, Radcliffe set a British record of 51:11 for 10 miles. That's 5:07 pace, which is very fast. She said this week she only took a few days off after Beijing. Thus she's had two-plus months of good training. Two months of good training plus a few months of cross training before that are more than enough for Radcliffe. Expect her to win.
Fuente: Universal Sports.