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Paula Radcliffe reveals how a school relay race blunder helped daughter Isla come to terms with her hair loss from ovarian cancer battle at 13 - as teen follows in her mother's footsteps by completing 2025 London Marathon
The long-distance runner and three-time winner of the London Marathon, 51, was on the sidelines at this year's race, cheering on her 18-year-old daughter on Sunday as she crossed the finish line.
Speaking on Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ahead of the big race, Paula opened up on how Isla still dealt with the aftereffects of her cancer battle, despite receiving the all-clear in December 2021 (pictured together with son Raphael) Paula - who competed in four Olympic Games and won gold in the World Championships in Helsinki in 2005 - previoulsy told how her most gruelling marathon was dealing with Isla's diagnosis and its aftermath over a tormenting two-year period. Paula and husband Gary Lough, a former middle distance runner and athletics coach, moved to the south of France in 2005 and live in a village just outside Monte Carlo with Isla and son Raphael, 14.
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