運動競技のs: Will Paula pull another 急速な／放蕩な one?

If any 見通し of Sydney's Olympic Stadium is imprinted on British memories, it is not of medallists but of Paula Radcliffe running her heart out in the 10,000metres and coming away with nothing.

She will be giving her all again tonight because that is the only way she knows how. But will we 証言，証人／目撃する Sydney: The Sequel, or a wonderful reprise of a 激しく 冷淡な March afternoon in Ostend?

In the Olympics, Radcliffe tried to make the pace so 急速な／放蕩な that her 競争相手s would 落ちる away before they could use their superior finishing 速度(を上げる）. She broke all but Ethiopians Derartu Tulu and Gete Wami and Fernanda Ribeiro of Portugal, who swept past her on that cruel last （競技場の）トラック一周 to take the メダルs.

It was a 類似の story in the Ostend mud at the World Cross Country 選手権s but with a splendidly different ending. Radcliffe led again all the way, Wami in 追跡, but the glory went to the hare, not the tortoise.

So it is possible to break Africans by constant 圧力. Liz McColgan did it 10 years ago in the 10,000m at the World 選手権s in Tokyo.

Radcliffe said: 'I don't think it is possible any more to 勝利，勝つ like Liz did. I've been in four 選手権s and tried three different 戦略s but I 港／避難所't exhausted the 可能性s.'

In last autumn's World Half-マラソン 選手権, Radcliffe 雇うd McColganesque 策略 and won by more than half a minute. 'That was on the road. Different,' she said. Radcliffe believes her 策略 in Sydney were 権利 but their 死刑執行 いっそう少なく than perfect.

She said: 'It was a bit 風の強い. I relaxed too much after about 6km and dropped the pace. That was a mistake.

'I don't go into a race with one 手段 in mind. What I do depends on how the others look, how I feel, whether it is 風の強い, or raining, or hot. I've trained for any 可能性. I have to be ready for anything. I am more 確信して after winning the World Half-マラソン and world cross 肩書を与えるs. I am happier now that my finish is faster. My 信用／信任 comes from knowing I have done the work. I couldn't have done more.'