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 Belgian Jana van Lent broke her previous record.

The 35-year-old Briton won the Valencia Ibercaja on Sunday in 30 minutes and seven seconds, three seconds behind Van Lent.

McColgan held the record for more than three years after setting a time of 30:19 in Manchester in 2022, but this was reduced to 30:10 by Van Lent in Nice on 4 January.

Before that, Great Britain’s Paula Radcliffe held the women’s record for almost 20 years, running 30:21 in Puerto Rico in February 2003.

Sweden’s Andreas Almgren also won the men’s race in Valencia, setting a new European record of 26:43, beating his previous best time set on the same course by nine seconds.

The course is known for being fast, and world records for both men (26:38 by Joshua Cheptegei) and women (28:46 by Agnes Ngetich) are set at the Valencia 10km.