Athletics: Radcliffe set for surgery

LONDON: Paula Radcliffe is set to undergo surgery later this week for the removal of a bone spur from her left ankle. Radcliffe qualified for the London Olympics after her run at the Berlin Marathon this weekend, and now intends to have the bone spur taken care of to ensure that it does not affect her preparations for the big event in 2012. “It’s a bone, but it’s not attached,” said Radcliffe. “It doesn’t really hurt while I’m running, it bothers me afterwards.”

Published in The Express Tribune, September 28^th,  2011.