London Marathon 2018: Katie Price insists she did train for race after pulling out ‘with knee injury’

Katie Price hit back at criticism after she was forced to pull out of the London Marathon due to a reported knee injury.

The former glamour model, 39, took part in Sunday's run to raise funds and awareness on behalf of her mother, who has idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

However, she did not manage to finish, with reports suggesting she did not train and had to pull out after injuring her knee.

Katie – who dressed as a pair of lungs for the race – later posted a video of herself and her mother on Instagram.

In the clip, she blows a raspberry at the camera and insists: "I did train for the run, tried my best in a heavy outfit and if my mummy is proud that's what matters to me."

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In the video, the star's mother, Amy Price, 64, says: "Hello everyone, I would just like to say how proud I am of my daughter Katie for doing the marathon.

"She may not have completed it but she has brought so much awareness, it's been worth it for the British Lung Foundation."

Katie Price at the start of the 2018 London Marathon (Tim P. Whitby/ Getty Images)
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Katie then sticks her tongue out, blowing a raspberry.

It comes after Price insisted she would complete the marathon in honour of her terminally-ill mother.

She told the Daily Mirror earlier this week: “If I collapse, I better f****** get up again.

“But even if I end up having to crawl, I will get over that line. Whatever has gone on in my life this year, I’ll put that aside on the day.”

Amy was diagnosed with IPF – the same disease which killed Keith Chegwin – last year.

The illness causes fibrosis, or scarring of the lungs, making them stiffer and thus more difficult to breathe.

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