Eilish McColgan smashes Paula Radcliffe's British 21-year-old half marathon record in the UAE
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Published 19/02/2022 at 15:13 GMT
Scottish distance runner Eilish McColgan smashed Paula Radcliffe's British 21-year-old half marathon record at Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE. That wasn't the only mark that McColgan beat with her time of 1:06:26, also going past her Mum Liz's long-standing time of 1:07:11. It was just McColgan's second-ever competitive half marathon.
Eilish McColgan shaved 21 seconds off Paula Radcliffe's British half-marathon record.
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Eilish McColgan produced a stunning performance at the Ras Al Khaimah half marathon to break Paula Radcliffe's 21-year-old record.
The Scottish runner clocked a time of 1:06:26 to finish sixth, but more importantly break Radcliffe's mark from 2001 as well as the best time of her mother, Liz, who stopped the watch at 1:07:11 during her athletics career.
McColgan was racing in just her second-ever half marathon, but it hasn't taken long to get accustomed to its demands, shaving 21 seconds off Radcliffe's record of 1:06:47.
The winner of the UAE event - which brands itself as the world's fastest half marathon - was Ethiopia's Girmawit Gebrzihair Gebru in a course-record time of 1:04:14.
Mo Farah holds the record for the fastest half-marathon by any British athlete, recording a time of 59:32 at the Lisbon Half Marathon in 2015.
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