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Article: Rival Drossin backs Paula over 'sick' drugs slurs.
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- Daily Mail (London)
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- October 9, 2002
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Byline: NEIL WILSON
ONE of Paula Radcliffe's chief rivals in the Chicago Marathon has defended Britain's most popular athlete amid suspicions about her remarkable improvements this year.
Newspapers in France have left question marks hanging over the reason for her phenomenal year, which she hopes to continue in the United States this Sunday.
But American rival Deena Drossin has dismissed all attacks on Radcliffe's credibility as 'just sick'.
French marathon runner Benoit Zwierzchlewski told the newspaper Liberation after Radcliffe's debut win in the London Marathon that it 'left him with questions'. That slur was darkened when the ...