Twenty two miles into the marathon, British athlete Paula Radcliffe collapsed and was unable to finish the race. She faced lots of scrutiny from the press that she should've just pressed on and at least try to walk it, and debate still continues as to whether she pulled out because she knew she would not catch Japanese winner Mizuki Noguchi, or because she actually physically could not go on. But even the fact that people questioned her "intentions" was a scandal, with many people saying the British press was being unfairly hard on Radcliffe because she was a woman.