INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Paula Radcliffe should be publicly backed by the World Anti-Doping Agency after she claimed she had been implicated in blood doping allegations.

Radcliffe's husband and coach Gary Lough said Wada must "protect clean athletes" after the ex-long distance runner "categorically" denied cheating.

The 41-year-old Briton has defended three 'abnormal' blood results after her data was made public.

Lough said he wanted Wada to "come out and state there is no case to answer".

Radcliffe, who still holds the marathon world record, said she has been "almost abused" by calls for her to release her blood data, following the Sunday Times' allegations of doping in athletics.

"I am probably not happy with how Wada have handled this situation," Lough told BBC Radio 5 live. "I think this is a special circumstance and want them to come out and say this case is under review and there is no case to answer.

"That would definitely help us - that would be the only outcome of the investigation."

At a parliamentary select committee on Tuesday, Jesse Norman MP suggested London Marathon winners and medallists and "potentially British athletes" were under suspicion of blood doping.

Radcliffe was not specifically named, but issued a statement saying she had been "effectively implicated".