Eilish McColgan has endured so much pain in the past 12 months she admits just lining up for the 10k final in Paris feels like a victory.
McColgan has become the first Scottish track and field athlete to compete at four Olympics. But at one point that looked like mission impossible when a doctor told the 33-year-old she’d be lucky to ever run again never mind make it to Paris.
McColgan’s battle with a knee injury that saw her miss out on a London marathon debut before sitting out almost an entire year of competition was troubling enough for the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion.
But away from sport the tragedy of losing stepfather John last November followed by the death of her beloved gran Betty Lynch - mother of her Olympic silver medallist mum Liz - in May left the Dundonian crushed.McColgan insists just making the start line, where she will join fellow Scot Megan Keith, is the proudest moment of her career.
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