Radcliffe eyes Beijing after win in New York

PAULA RADCLIFFE will turn her attention to the Beijing Olympics women’s marathon following her comeback victory in New York last night.

The British world marathon record holder returned to the 26.2 mile distance after a two-year lay-off to win the ING New York City Marathon, defeating Ethiopia’s Gete Wami in dramatic style in Central Park, 26 months after winning the world championship marathon title in Helsinki in her last race before becoming pregnant.

Radcliffe, 33, gave birth to daughter Isla in January, and would have come back sooner had she not suffered a stress fracture to her sacrum, at the base of the spine.