Paula Radcliffe 'not prepared to be blackmailed' over doping allegations

"I will not stand by and not defend myself when I am put in this situation."

Paula Radcliffe says she had no choice but to speak out after British parliamentary committee chairman Jesse Norman appeared to implicate her in the doping allegations engulfing athletics.

The three-time London Marathon winner felt compelled to emphatically deny cheating during her record-breaking career following comments made during a Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee hearing.