Whatching Paula Radcliffe finish made me cry.

shes a looser wrote:

Your failure at basic English makes ME cry.

That word is spelled L-O-S-E-R, not looser, loser.

Tomii2Nuts wrote:

If she was smart, she'd have dropped out and saved it for another day. And no one would have thought less of her.

No one would have thought less of her? Do you recall all the flack she took from the British after Athens?

Radcliff is a role model for all runners. You naysayers are natural born losers.

She def brought me to tears as well.

If she's such a great role model then how come you don't even know how to spell her name, not even when you're spotted the correct spelling in the subject line?

She ran a courageous race but she is also a whiner and I'm glad to see her beaten. I will be even more disgusted if she starts calling out drug cheats again. I will be happy to never see her race in a major championship again.

anyone have a video link for her finish?

closet case wrote:No one would have thought less of her? Do you recall all the flack she took from the British after Athens?

So true! But sad to say, she'll get flack no matter what, with this thread being just one example. The world expects its athletes to be superhuman. If, at any given moment, they show vulnerability, they get flamed.

When Phelps' medley team won the relay gold, I was relieved--this man has experienced a great deal of pressure, some of it self-imposed, it's true, and has accomplished an amazing amount. But if he hadn't won gold, the second guessing would dominate, not all his triumphs. And then people would have pointed fingers at one teammate or another who didn't deliver.

An article in the Phila. Inquirer says that the women's gymnastics team "slipped to" silver, rather than "won" silver.

And back to PR, she limps to the finish in pain, possibly jeopardizing her recovery from the injury that almost kept her out of the Olympics, because she didn't want the label "quitter." But she will be labeled no matter what.

I suppose it all comes down to having some inner sense of commitment to oneself--in a healthy way... so as to develop an inner shield against being annihilated by the critics.

She should have dropped out but

1. She has dropped out of her last 2 Olympic races. DNFs suck. Especially at this level (not that I would know).

2. The selectors went well out of their way to give her a spot. Hayley Haining (alternate) would have been pissed if she did not at least finish if at all possible.

3. She burned a fair amount of goodwill to get this spot. UK fans will think more highly of her as a result. This will make for good marketing at the very least.

She is obviously still f'ed up. So another 3 months off. Then see what happens.

Maybe she'll replace the other Brit who had to have his dad help him finish the 100 in the visa commercial. Limping across the line can earn you some long-lasting respect. Maybe more than a high finish out of the medals.

despite her holding the world record and never really thought, "wow, she's great." however, after seeing her run at NYC last year, i gained a huge amount of respect for her. the way she held off the 2nd place woman everytime she tried to make a move. gutsy, to say the least. just like her finish today.

I just farted

I have great respect for Paula that she made it to the startline. I've met her in Font Romeu a few weeks ago and she said she did all she could about coming to he starting line. She suprised many people by doing this.

She had bet, but lost. She didn't want to watch this on tv, so she participate. Or else she didn't know what she could do in the marathon.

I think she made the right choice by standing on the startline, but it's terrible to she how she finished. I hope Paula can stand up again as always and going for another world-class time in the marathon!

All you you trolls/a**holes who put down Paula in this thread with comments like "she looks stupid, bobbing around like a rag doll":

F*ck off. You are scum of the Earth.

Fin.

smelly wrote:

I just farted

Was it a good one?

She ran 2:15:25!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5 years ago and is head and shoulders above everyone in the field. You people gotta be kidding.

She suffered through injuries and still ran 2:32 after stopping at least once during the race. Paula Radcliffe unfortunately has had bad luck with injuries at the worst possible time. She is amazing and in her own class.

Sadly, many people base a lifetime perfomance/career off of an event that happens every 4 years called the olympics. I am grateful that I am not one of those people. She will get over her injuries and do great things at the age of 34. She is far from over the hill and will still produce fast times, wait and see.

Shame on the lifeless trolls who visit this site to make moronic comments at best. You have my pity.

I think Paula ia a lovely woman... She just had a tough race. I commend her for sticking it out and finishing.. Realistically her best days have likely passed... Wear, tear and aging catch up with all of us sooner or later...

Visa wrote:

Maybe she'll replace the other Brit who had to have his dad help him finish the 100 in the visa commercial. Limping across the line can earn you some long-lasting respect. Maybe more than a high finish out of the medals.

It was a 400m race not 100m. This shows knowledge of haters.

Hope to see her ar London with a better result

The Truth777 wrote:

uh_no wrote:

To me she just showed that she has really bad form.

She had a hip injury, genius.

Injured or bad form one or both she is stupid. Why try to follow the leaders with injury AND/OR bad shape ? isn´t she able to learn something from Nedereba ? Paula runs very well and ge WR with men as pacers ...