Eilish McColgan
With out query, the preferred victory of the second day of observe and area on the Commonwealth Video games was Eilish McColgan’s win within the 10,000m. As with a lot of her profession, Eilish was following in her mom’s footsteps, Liz, having received the Commonwealth 10k titles in 1986 and 1990.
EILISH MCCOLGAN OH MY WORD!!! 🤯
Scotland’s fourth gold medal at the moment and what a strategy to win it! 🥳
Matching her mom Liz’s success in Edinburgh in 1986 by successful the ten,000m❤️ pic.twitter.com/ieTe4I6Dk0
— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) August 3, 2022
She commented afterward: “It feels surreal. That is my third Commonwealth Video games after ending sixth 3 times; I’m over the moon to win tonight. I simply can’t put it into phrases”. Her three sixth locations have been all at completely different distances. In 2014 (Glasgow) the steeplechase and 2018 (Gold Coast, Australia) 1500 and 5000 and now a win within the 10,000. She can be entered within the 5000 this week.
McColgan was by no means off the tempo, and during the last two laps, it got here right down to a straight battle between McColgan and Irine Chepe Cheptai, with the lead altering arms earlier than McColgan powered dwelling. The ultimate outcome was
1 Eilish McColgan 30:48.60
2 Irine Chepe Cheptai (Kenya) 30:49.52
3 Sheila Chepkirui Kiprotich (Kenya) 31:09.46
Coming extra analytically, she added: “It has been such an up-and-down yr. However I knew the health was someplace in me. Having my household right here and the group right here. It was vibrating via my complete physique. I simply needed it so dangerous. I knew the Kenyans have been tremendous robust and would put in bursts. However you possibly can see in that final 100 that I needed gold. It’s an absolute dream. It’s so particular to have it right here within the UK.”
Mom, Liz, was additionally readily available to make a remark: “For me, as a mom and coach, to see your daughter successful is superb. She ran the race the way in which I knew she was able to. It has been a very long time coming, and I do know all of the exhausting work she does. It’s nice that all of it got here collectively.”
I spoke to her in Oregon after each the 5k and the 10k, the place she was tenth and 11th. She felt that she was in higher form than the outcomes recommended however defined that she was operating on with a hamstring drawback. Tonight, she acquired her reward.
