Eilish McColgan reclaims women’s 10km European record in Valencia
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 Briton knocked three seconds off Van Lent’s time by winning the Valencia Ibercaja on Sunday in a time of 30 minutes seven seconds.
McColgan 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.
Sweden’s Andreas Almgren also set a new European record of 26:43 in winning the men’s event in Valencia, beating his own previous best time, which was set on the same course, by nine seconds.
The course is known for being fast, with the world records for both the men – 26:38 by Joshua Cheptegei – and women – 28:46 by Agnes Ngetich – also set in the Valencia 10km.