Susan Partridge: Olympic fight boosts London Marathon

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Susan Partridge expects tactics to go out the window when Britain’s top marathon runners do battle at the Virgin Money London Marathon for a place in the Olympic team for Rio.

Partridge is currently ranked UK No.1 for the half-marathon in 2016 after producing a 71:54 performance in Prague earlier this month, but she is yet to run the 2:31:00 marathon time required by British Athletics to qualify for the Olympics.

Only Sonia Samuels and Alyson Dixon have as of yet achieved the standard in the designated qualification period, and with British athletes being required to both run the time and finish as one of the top two Brits at the London Marathon on Sunday (April 24) in order to guarantee selection, the pressure is on for Partridge and the other aspiring Brits to run a fast time while also placing well among their compatriots.

The battle will be between Partridge, Dixon and Samuels as …

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