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Paula Radcliffe and the elite women get the 2003 London Marathon underway at 0900 BST

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Aided by male pacemakers Radcliffe sets off at a storming pace and soon leaves the rest of the field trailing

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The Briton sets a new women's world record in another display of world-class distance running

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Radcliffe's time is one minute 53 seconds better than the previous mark, which she set in Chicago last year

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The golden girl of British athletics also sets a world record over 30km, knocking 64 seconds off the previous mark

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Radcliffe is clearly exhausted after her record-breaking run but thanks the crowd for their support

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Ethiopia's Gezahegne Abera wins the men's race in a sprint finish, edging out Italian Stefano Baldini

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Tanni Grey-Thompson finishes second behind Francesca Porcellato in the women's wheelchair race - Joel Jeannot wins the men's