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1. As a distance runner, Paula Radcliffe has won many world championship medals. In which of the following disciplines did she earn her first gold medal?
2. Paula Radcliffe was selected to five Olympic teams for Great Britain from 1996 until 2012. What event was she chosen to run in at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Georgia?
3. Paula Radcliffe's run at the 2000 Sydney Olympics was both an emotional "up" and an emotional "down." Which of the following describes best her 2000 Olympic experience?
4. In this year she was crowned, World Cross-Country Champion, European Champion, Commonwealth Games Champion, and broke the World Record in the marathon for the very first time. What year was, arguably, the most successful of Paula's running career?
5. Paula Radcliffe won three IAAF World Championships (in 2000, 2001, and 2003) with the following times respectively: 1:09.07, 1:06.47, and 1:07.35. In which event did these performances occur?
6. The lowest point in Paula's athletic career was undoubtedly the 2004 Summer Olympic Games where she failed to complete which two Olympic races?
7. After the disappointment of failing to finish two races at the 2004 Olympic Games, Paula bounced back with a win at the London Marathon in 2005. However, her victory is remembered more for what event, that occurred toward the end of the race?
8. On 14th August 2005, Paula Radcliffe earned Great Britain's only gold medal at the IAAF World Track & Field Championships. What place did the British women earn in the Marathon team championship, thanks largely to Paula's World Championship best performance?
9. Paula decided to train hard for the Beijing Summer Olympics in 2008, but experienced a huge "low" when she broke what bone just months before the Olympic Games?
10. Determined to have one last shot at Olympic glory, Paula trained for the London 2012 Summer Olympics. In which historic European marathon, site of frequent male marathon world records, did Paula run her Olympic A-qualifying standard?
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