In the final event on the opening day, Paula Radcliffe will be looking for atonement after her failure to get a 10,000m-marathon double in Athens, where she failed to finish either race. Now, she is downplaying Saturday's 10,000m final and promises to center on the marathon instead.
No woman has won both at a major event so far and Radcliffe will face tough opposition from four Ethiopians, led by teenage sensation Tirunesh Dibaba, who won a world cross country double this year, and added the indoor 5,000m world record.
Dibaba, 19, is the defending 5,000m champion and earning two golds in Helsinki would also ensure the first 5,000m-10,000m double.
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