McColgan tempers Olympic expectation after injury

Eilish McColgan says she is getting backmost to her champion aft wounded but admits producing her erstwhile "record-breaking form" astatine nan Olympics will beryllium tough.

The 33-year-old Scot will compete for Team GB astatine her 4th Games successful Paris successful Friday's 10,000m.

McColgan had knee room astatine nan extremity of past twelvemonth and was incapable to tally for six months, only conscionable making it backmost successful clip to qualify.

"It's nary concealed it's been a really challenging twelvemonth and a half for me," she told BBC Scotland.

"But I'm coming information now. I'm getting backmost to nan shape I showed successful erstwhile years."

Between 2021 and 2023, McColgan produced nan shape of her life, becoming Commonwealth champion and mounting nationalist records connected nan way and roadworthy from 5,000m up to nan half marathon.

But a knee rumor that gave McColgan changeless symptom has derailed her advancement and her family besides had to woody pinch nan decease past twelvemonth of John Nuttall, nan partner of mum and coach Liz.

After room initially grounded to get free of McColgan's discomfort she felt an betterment successful nan outpouring and will now compete alongside chap Scot Megan Keith astatine Stade de France.

"Trying to compete against nan champion successful nan world erstwhile you've had six months disconnected - it's going to beryllium a immense challenge," nan Dundonian said.

"But I've worked my absolute ass disconnected to beryllium present and I merit to beryllium connected nan commencement statement arsenic overmuch arsenic anyone else.

"It's possibly not going to beryllium nan record-breaking shape I've shown successful erstwhile years, but I'm getting down to that again and I'm not excessively acold disconnected wherever I'd for illustration to be.

"Even conscionable arsenic a family we've been done an atrocious batch successful nan past year. Mentally, that's difficult to header pinch and woody with. That's astir apt why I'm moreover much proud.

"Despite each that, we're still battling and made it to nan commencement line. To spell to my 4th Olympic Games is simply a immense honour. To beryllium nan first Scot to ever do that [in athletics] shows really difficult it is."