Eilish McColgan

The sold-out crowd of 32000 at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium roared as McColgan sprinted to her first gold medal.

The sold-out crowd of 32,000 at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium roared as McColgan sprinted to her first gold medal at an international competition. Holy that 10km was INCREDIBLE! Congrats@EilishMccolgan!!! The roar of the crowd in that last lap too. She ran a Commonwealth Games record of 30:48.60 to follow in the footsteps of her mother 32 years ago.

The 31-year-old outlasted her rivals to secure the biggest win of her career in front of a raucous crowd.

And to win it in the same event I won it in. I have finally found the event and to win tonight is incredible. I was ready to win the medal. “It’s so special to have this event in the UK. This is my fourth Commonwealth Games and my fourth event – I have done the 1500m, the 5km, the steeplechase. I knew the fitness was in me. And the magical moment was made all the sweeter as legendary mum Liz was on hand to offer her daughter the warmest of embraces.

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I’d a wobble about halfway when I wondered if they were just leaving me out there at the front.’ He and my mum and Michael were all saying to me ‘you have to take this chance’. My dad (Peter) stressed to me beforehand that this was a real medal opportunity.

The First Minister was speaking after McColgan won the 10000-metre final at the Commonwealth Games.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. It’s been a long time coming and she put it together tonight and I’m just really, really pleased.” Speaking to the BBC afterwards, she said: “It’s just been such an up and down year with Covid, initially, then another illness and a couple of niggles at the wrong time…

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Eilish McColgan was inspired by surely the loudest roar heard since the London 2012 Olympics as she took a thrilling gold medal in the 10000m.

“I ran a PB in the semi-final and got a bronze medal, but I didn’t put the best race together in the final and have to take the positives. “This is what I wanted.” “I watched the start back and I didn’t execute it well enough,” she added. “I feel good, I could have had a better execution, but I am still grateful to win my first Commonwealth title,” she said. “This is my fourth Commonwealth Games and my fourth event – I have done the 1500m, the 5km, the steeplechase,” she said, smiling. Now I have moved up to a gold, so I am grateful.” I have finally found the event and to win tonight is incredible. “And I have finished sixth every time. “It has just been an up and down year with Covid, another illness, a couple of niggles at the wrong time,” she said. I couldn’t have asked for more.” But I knew if I could stay with them I had a chance of a medal. I wanted it so badly.”

The First Minister was speaking after McColgan won the 10000-metre final at the Commonwealth Games.

It’s been a long time coming and she put it together tonight and I’m just really, really pleased.” I just wanted it so bad. Speaking to the BBC afterwards, she said: “It’s just been such an up and down year with Covid, initially, then another illness and a couple of niggles at the wrong time…

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“The preparation has been on and off. We had a tough heat and I qualified comfortably so I’m looking forward to the final.” People have taken a few wee digs and kicked me when I’m down but the last four weeks I got my head together and proved it today. To have it here in the UK, this is my third Commonwealth Games and my fourth event. He said: “I love a home Games and I’ve always raised my game. She’s just run the race I always knew she was capable of running.”

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She went on to successfully defend her title in Auckland four years later. McColgan then ran over to her mother in the stands, and the pair embraced as first McColgan and then Nuttall teared up. The crowd in the Alexander Stadium roared her on, McColgan gritted her teeth and hung in on the final lap as she refused to be broken by the Kenyan runner.

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‘But when they made a surge I stayed with it and then, over those last 100m or so, I am convinced it was the crowd that pulled me home. I’d a wobble about halfway when I wondered if they were just leaving me out there at the front. He, my mum and Michael were all saying the same thing to me ‘you have to take this chance‘.

The 31-year-old wins her first major championship gold medal.

In fact, it began right back in 2010, when she represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi for the first time. It is great that it all came together.' She ran the race the way I knew she was capable of.

Scotland's Eilish McColgan followed in her mother's footsteps when she won the Commonwealth Games 10000m title in gritty style, battling past Kenyan Irene ...

Liz McColgan said: "To witness your daughter win in the same event is incredible. "Having my family here was great, and the crowd on the last 200m it was vibrating through my body. You could see I wanted gold."