Paula Radcliffe has been named in Great Britain's Olympic marathon team for this summer's Games in Beijing despite currently having to use crutches due to a hip injury.

The 34-year-old is having another MRI scan at the end of this week which she hopes will give her the all clear to recommence full-time training after her latest setback.

The hip problem came to light when Radcliffe returned to a heavy schedule as part of her preparations for a fourth Olympics, after a toe injury prevented her running in the Flora London Marathon last month.

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