LONDON, (Reuters) – Paula Radcliffe will race in the  world half-marathon championships on Oct. 11 after being named  in the British team for the Birmingham event, UK Athletics said  on their website (www.uka.org.uk) yesterday.

Radcliffe, world-record holder over the full marathon and  third-fastest ever over the half marathon, won the New York  half-marathon on Aug. 16 but withdrew from the marathon at the  Berlin world championships the following week saying she was not  fully fit following a foot operation earlier this year.
Radcliffe, 35, won the half-marathon world title in 2000,  2001 and 2003.