Despite a clean sweep of World, European and British Championships marathon titles, as well as a long-standing world record, one medal has always eluded the grasp of running legend Paula Radcliffe - Olympic gold. Paula secured her place at London

Championships. It was one of my proudest moments and after  that I went on to win at the Commonwealth Games and the IAAF World Cup. The first individual medal is always going to be special.You've run the London Marathon three times. Have you got any more

, in Berlin, in two years' time. Arigato for reading!Sunday 2 September, 6.30pmWorld Championships awardsWith just the final evening of competition left, it seems like an appropriate time to look back on what have been a thoroughly enjoying and engrossing

its 72nd running this year (a sequence dating back to 1933 and one that not even World War II could disrupt), is the Bislett Games of cross-country running. Like the famous Norwegian track meeting, held in a tiny, rickety Oslo stadium, it is warm