Here are the latest notable updates on Paula Radcliffe:
- Paula Radcliffe announced her return to marathon running in 2025, aiming for the Tokyo and Boston Marathons, marking her first full marathon since 2015. This was reported by Olympic and athletics outlets in early January 2025.[1]
- She later completed the Boston Marathon in April 2025, securing the Six Star Medal for completing all six Marathon Majors, and then indicated it would be her final road race.[2]
- In late 2025, World Athletics and other profiles continued to list her as a prominent former world record holder and ambassador, highlighting her ongoing involvement in athletics and public commentary, including work with BBC around major races.[3][7]
If you’d like, I can pull more details on the 2025 Tokyo and Boston campaigns, or provide a quick timeline with dates and times.
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Paula RADCLIFFE, Great Britain & N.I.
worldathletics.orgThe 51-year-old finished Monday’s race with a time of 2 hours 53 minutes 44 seconds.
news.stv.tvWith athletes set to compete in the marathon events in Paris this weekend, who better to speak to than one of Britain’s greatest long-distance runners, Paula Radcliffe MBE?
www.lboro.ac.ukPaula Radcliffe
www.teamgb.comWith athletes set to compete in the marathon events in Paris this weekend, who better to speak to than one of Britain’s greatest long-distance runners, Paula Radcliffe MBE?
www.lboro.ac.ukLatest London news, business, sport, showbiz and entertainment from the London Evening Standard.
www.standard.co.ukPaula Radcliffe, British distance runner who set world records in the marathon, notably winning the 2003 London Marathon in 2 hours 15 minutes 25 seconds. She also won the London Marathon in 2002 and 2005; the Chicago Marathon in 2002; and the New York City Marathon in 2004, 2007, and 2008.
www.britannica.comThe former world record holder will run two Marathon Majors in the space of six weeks as she takes on her first marathon since 2015
olympics.com