A top women's marathoner has lashed back at recent media reports that implicated her and others in potential widespread doping.
Paula Radcliffe, one of the many athletes whose results were anonymously included in the German and British stories, characterized the reporting as "sensationalist" and "plainly unacceptable."
"I categorically deny that I have resorted to cheating in any form whatsoever at any time in my career and am devastated that my name has even been linked to these wide-ranging accusations," she said in a statement Monday.
Earlier this year, German broadcaster ARD and the Sunday Times of London alleged that past testing data -- leaked from international track federation files -- showed a high incidence of suspicious results.