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Scotland’s Eilish McColgan gained her first main title as she strode away to the Commonwealth 10,000m title on a swell of cheers in Birmingham.
McColgan, whose mom Liz gained the identical title in 1986 and 1990, discovered herself locked along with Kenya’s Irine Cheptai with a lap to go.
Cheptai, who completed sixth forward of McColgan on the Tokyo Olympics, opened up a metre’s lead on the again straight.
But McColgan grittily fought on to reel her in and land her largest win but.
“This is probably the most unimaginable second of my profession,” the 31-year-old mentioned.
“I could not hear myself assume or breathe, in that final 100m the gang carried me.”
Mother Liz’s triumphs got here at Auckland 1986 and on dwelling soil at Edinburgh 1990.
McColgan ran sooner than her mum did on both event.
Her time of half-hour 48.60 seconds is a Commonwealth Games report and provides gold to a season that has already been affected by new landmarks.
McColgan broke the European 10km, British half-marathon and Scottish 10,000m information this yr, however a premature hamstring niggle hindered her probabilities eventually month’s World Championships.
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