Olympics: Radcliffe Gives All Clear for Beijing Run

Paula Radcliffe has confirmed that she intends to race in the Olympic Games women's marathon on August 17. The British gold medal hope insisted she will run providing she avoids a setback in her recovery from her thigh injury.

"I'm racing unless my leg breaks down," said Radcliffe, 34, who had looked destined to miss out on her fourth consecutive Olympics when an MRI scan in May revealed a stress fracture in her left thigh.

The marathon world record holder has defied medical opinion so far and linked up with the British squad at their Macau training base today. Radcliffe will now begin the last few steps towards realizing her ambition of an Olympic gold, her main remaining goal in a highly successful athletics career.