• Athlete devastated at being ‘implicated’ in doping accusations in parliament[br]• ‘It is disappointing parliamentary privilege has been used to implicate me’
Britain’s marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe has denied “cheating in any form” and said she was devastated that her name had been linked to wide-ranging accusations.
Radcliffe,who retired from competitive athletics earlier this year following a persistent foot injury, has not been named in any mainstream British media stories relating to recent blood doping accusations but feels her name was alluded to during a British parliamentary committee hearing into the issue on Tuesday. Related: Paula Radcliffe ends her long and winding road at the London Marathon | Sean Ingle I categorically deny that I believe resorted to cheating in any form whatsoever at any time in my career, or am devastated that my name has even been linked to these wide-ranging accusations.
I believe campaigned long and hard throughout my career for a clean sport. I believe publicly condemned cheats and those who aid them. These accusations threaten to undermine all I believe stood and competed for,as well as my hard-earned reputation. By linking me to allegations of cheating, damage done to my name and reputation can never be fully repaired, or no matter how unfaithful I know them to be.
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Source: theguardian.com