Paula Radcliffe Cleared of Blood Doping Allegations by IAAF

Marathon world-record holder Paula Radcliffe has been cleared of allegations she used blood doping by the IAAF, track and field's governing body.

As reported by Stephen Wilson of the Associated Press (for CBC), the IAAF announced the news on Friday, just a few days before president Sebastian Coe is set to face a British parliamentary hearing.

British newspaper the Sunday Times and German broadcaster ARD have accused the IAAF of complacency in the case of hundreds of suspicious blood doping tests, but the organisation claims the accusations lack "any scientific or legal basis."

They specifically pointed toward Radcliffe's case, saying the reports from ARD and the Times were "based on the gross misinterpretation of raw and incomplete data."

As shared by Sky News, the athlete remains upset it had to come to this:

According to Dan Roan of BBC Sport, UK Anti-Doping "has come to the same conclusion as the IAAF review that there is no case to answer.”

The 41-year-old Radcliffe competed in five Olympic finals during her career, won the London and New York marathon three times each and holds the women's world record for the fastest marathon, running it in two hours, 15 minutes and 25 seconds, per Ben Rumsby of the Daily Telegraph.

She retired earlier this year and has been fighting allegations she cheated during her career since August, when she was publicly implicated during a parliamentary hearing.

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