Runner's 10km record stripped over bizarre error

2 years ago 90

A champion runner successful Scotland has had her 10,000m records stripped aft a bizarre "human error" was uncovered.

Eilish McColgan, who won golden successful the 10km lawsuit astatine this year's Commonwealth Games, broke her ain grounds by a 2nd at the Great Scottish Run successful Glasgow.

She completed the people successful 30 minutes and 18 seconds.

But pursuing the event, officials treble checked the circuit and recovered determination was 150m missing from the 10km track.

The contention was subsequently invalidated and McColgan's caller grounds was stripped.

"Human errors happen. The organisers person been truthful apologetic. They consciousness precise embarrassed," McColgan told BBC Scotland.

"But I person nary atrocious words to say. I lone ran a 2nd faster successful Glasgow than successful Manchester earlier this twelvemonth truthful it doesn't truly alteration my twelvemonth successful each honesty.

"Yes it would person been bully to decorativeness my play connected a idiosyncratic champion and different record, but for maine it is not the extremity of the world.

"I'm definite that are loads of races circular the satellite that aren't measured correctly and the lone crushed this 1 has been highlighted is due to the fact that I broke a record. So I've astir apt fixed the organisers a headache."

The Great Scottish Run has been deed with contention before, successful the nonstop aforesaid circumstances.

The half-marathon people was antecedently recovered to beryllium abbreviated of the required distance.

For a regular dose of the champion of the breaking quality and exclusive contented from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!