Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand was second in 4:05.97 and Twell third in 4:06.15.
Scotland's Stephanie Twell took bronze in the women's 1500m and England's Martin Brockman won decathlon bronze.
"It's an honour to be mentioned in the same breath as Paula, " said Twell.
But Twell's Olympic ambitions do not stop in 2012, when she will be only 22.
Stephanie Twell won the junior women's title for the third time in a row.
Foster's sentiments are shared by Twell's Beijing team-mate and relative veteran of the British women's distance-running scene, Jo Pavey.
Twell is entering her first season in the senior ranks after a 2008 that saw her become world junior 1500m champion.
Brendan Foster, who won Olympic bronze for Britain in the 10, 000m at the 1976 Games, was hugely impressed by Twell's Edinburgh display.
But that is not something that appears to weigh heavily on Twell.
Like Radcliffe, whose first big win came at the 1992 World Junior Cross Country Championships, Twell has enjoyed great success in cross country.
In the women's 1500m, Colchester's Stephanie Twell finished eighth in a time of 4:06.10 behind winner Nancy Jebet Langat who won in 4:01.63.
"I stayed relaxed after one of the Kenya runners put a block on me, " said 21-year-old Twell, of the Aldershot, Farnham and District club.
Twell, on the other hand, has speed over the middle distances that Radcliffe never had, and that is where most experts want to see her progress.
Twell (13:28) was followed home by Charlotte Purdue (13.39), Lauren Howarth (13:55), Emily Pidgeon (14:00), Emma Pallent (14:05) and Laura Park (14:08) on the 4.2km course.
Dobriskey is joined in the semi-finals by compatriots Hannah England and Steph Twell, and says that the performances of her team-mates have spurred her on to new heights.
Twell, a good-natured mixture of self-confidence and humility, seems comfortable with the parallels being drawn by others between her and a woman she clearly has the utmost regard for.
Twell is expected to move up to the seniors next year and if she continues her progress could be a genuine medal home for the London Olympic Games in 2012.
Pavey, who is second only to Radcliffe over 5, 000m in the all-time British lists, is also certain Twell can handle the "New Paula" tag and the grand expectations associated with London 2012.
But Twell, who was born in Colchester and raised in another garrison town Aldershot, is comfortable enough with her own abilities to point out that the comparisons with Radcliffe can be overdone.
"I have come from a big distance background, " said Twell, who was speaking at the launch of "Here I am", a Nike-backed campaign to encourage more women to play sport at British universities.
Much has been made of the fact Twell was quicker than the future marathon world record-holder over 3, 000m at 17, but by 18 their paths had already diverged, with Radcliffe's focus on the longer distances starting to tell.
That will be music to the ears of her coach Mick Woods, who works with Twell at UK Athletics' (UKA) endurance centre at St Mary's University in Twickenham, and it will delight the governing body, which knows how important 2009 is for the sport after a mixed showing in Beijing.
But losing a 5.6km race to the world junior 10, 000m champion was no disgrace and Twell, who was named European Athletics' Rising Star of 2008, showed she has what it takes to mix with Africa's best over a range of distances, something that has not been said about many Brits since Radcliffe burst onto the scene.
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