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Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Paula Radcliffe bitten by a dog
Although she has won world titles and set a world record, even Paula Radcliffe couldn’t outrun the dog that attacked her this week.
British marathon runner Paula Radcliffe was training in Monaco, when a dog attacked her and bit her leg.
“My calf went into spasm,” said Radcliffe. “My calf now feels like I have done a track workout three days in a row.”
Two days later, Radcliffe said that she could run again, but that her leg was still swollen.
The dog’s owner tried to blame Radcliffe, saying that it was her fault because she was running and his dog got excited. Radcliffe was quite casual about the whole incident, and said that she was thankful that most dog owners were responsible.
Radcliffe has had several other training accidents. In 2003, she was injured after colliding with a child on a bike, and almost missed the Beijing Olympics when she was bitten by a spider.What do you think? Leave a comment below to let us know!
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09AhmedA (Age 13) wrote on Wednesday, 12 January 2011 @ 16:30
WOW she has had many injuries.
cam4000 (Age 8) wrote on Wednesday, 12 January 2011 @ 17:33
Did it hurt her that much?
Mirri04 (Age 13) wrote on Wednesday, 12 January 2011 @ 18:53
Woah!
Ellie-mo (Age 13) wrote on Thursday, 13 January 2011 @ 13:58
She's survived soooo many injury!!
sarahsun1 (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 13 January 2011 @ 16:43
wow!
diver1 (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 18 January 2011 @ 17:32
That must of hurt its a hard life being an athlete
Leafy5000 (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 28 February 2011 @ 09:40
EEWWOW
Epicduck (Age 11) wrote on Tuesday, 12 April 2011 @ 11:52
What? stupid dog
eedz (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 30 May 2011 @ 10:42
Ouch.
mollyhunt (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 5 July 2011 @ 16:35
wow prone 2 injuries!
Jake12 (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 6 July 2011 @ 18:47
ouch!!!!!!!!!
charzard (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 1 August 2011 @ 16:57
ouch
vivk1 (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 5 December 2011 @ 20:18
Amazing! She is an accident prone but very brave.
Defoe (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 10 February 2012 @ 16:03
not her fault!
mabli (Age 9) wrote on Thursday, 22 March 2012 @ 15:55
At least she is alive and I think that dogowner is inresponsible.