Radcliffe: Christie not right choice

14 April 2012

Paula Radcliffe has questioned the controversial UK Athletics decision to appoint Linford Christie as a mentor to Britain's sprinters.

UKA turned to Christie even though he was banned for two years for testing positive for nandrolone in 1999.

Radcliffe, asked if she thought appointing Christie was the right choice, told BBC Radio 5 Live: "Personally, I don't believe it is. It has to be someone athletes can look up to."

She added: "We also have to make sure as country that we are leading the way in competing fairly and not taking short cuts."

Radcliffe, asked about Britain's meagre medals haul in Gothenburg going into the final day's action, said: "It is a disappointing showing and a disappointing medal tally and there are a lot of things we need to look at improving for the future.

"But there are promising young athletes like Becky Lyne coming through and it's not a really forlorn sight."

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