Paula Radcliffe opposes UK Athletics proposal to reset records, from EME News (source: PA Sport)

Paula Radcliffe, photo by PhotoRun.net

LONDON (GBR): Women’s marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe is opposed to the proposal made by UK Athletics for the world records to be reset, report PA Sport. “Without doubt you are going to punish innocent athletes, so why do it again when they have already had to compete against cheats during their career?” questioned Radcliffe. “I’ll never agree with the records being wiped because I know 100 per cent that at least one of those records was achieved clean and that means more were too.” Radcliffe said that she would prefer to see the entire competitive records, of athletes found guilty of doping, be cleared.

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Editor’s note: Paula Radcliffe’s feelings would not be unusual for a record holder. UK Athletics is trying to not only start a dialogue, but, in my mind, to challenge Seb Coe to reach beyond his daily battling over IAAF failings over the past decade and a half.

Some reports credit Seb Coe with interest in deleting selected records. Among those are the records of Florence Griffith Joyer, Randy Barners and Marita Koch.

It makes sense to delete selected records, but who makes those decisions?

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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