Eilish McColgan: Scot breaks 17-year British record in women's 5,000m
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The "proud mama" said it best about her daughter's record-breaking run: "Oh my days we knew it was on!"
Eilish McColgan put in a career-best performance worthy of the history books as she shattered Paula Radcliffe's 5,000m British women's record at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo.
Radcliffe, whose mark stood for 17 years, hailed the Scot on social media.
Mother and coach Liz - a storied former Scottish athlete herself - was understandably thrilled.
"@EilishMccolgan the fastest ever British 5k runner... proud mama, proud coach," she posted on Twitter.
Eilish McColgan beat Paula Radcliffe's British record and her own Scottish mark
McColgan's startling run bodes well for her third Olympic Games this summer, as she raced round in 14 minutes 28.55 seconds to smash Radcliffe's previous mark of 14:29.11.
The 30-year-old also took a whopping 18 seconds off her own previous best - 14:46.17 - which had stood as a Scottish record since October 2019.
McColgan is now fifth on the European all-time list and is just the seventh European to run a sub 14:30 time.
It was only enough for fourth place on the night, with Kenya's Hellen Obiri winning in 14:26.38 while Ethiopia's Fantu Worku (14:26.80) and Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi (14:28.24) completed the podium.
But it was a famous Scottish sporting performance that will live long in the memory.
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