Record breakers! Super Sunday in Spain as Eilish lands European Record and Andy posts Scottish Best
Photos by Bobby Gavin
Eilish McColgan set a new women’s European 10km Record in Valencia – just seven days after her previous record was broken by Belgian Jana van Lent.
The 35-year-old Scot, who has competed at the Olympics three times, took three seconds off Van Lent’s time by winning the Valencia Ibercaja on Sunday in a time of 30:07.
It was a brilliant day for Scots in Spain with Andy Butchart also in superb form.
Butchart set a new Scottish Best in the 10k with his awesome run of 27:44 (breaking an all-time Scottish best mark of 28:02 set by Callum Hawkins). The Valencia run gives Butchart a qualifying time for the Commonwealth Games for 10,000m on the track.
Eilish held the record for more than three years after setting a time of 30:19 in Manchester in 2022, but that was lowered to 30:10 by Van Lent in Nice on 4 January.
Before that, GB’s Paula Radcliffe held the women’s record for almost 20 years, after running a time of 30:21 in Puerto Rico in February 2003.
Many congratulations to Eilish and to Andy and to their coaches and support teams on superb performances once again on the international stage.
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Tags: Andy Butchart, Eilish McColgan, Valencia
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