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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Joshua Lees

Eilish McColgan's 10,000m records struck off as Great Scottish Run course was too short

Eilish McColgan 10,000 metre British record picked up at this month's Great Scottish Run has been wiped, after the course was found to be 150 metres short. 

McColgan posted an impressive 30 minutes 18 seconds, which also broke her own European record. However, the Scottish star has had her records scrapped after race organisers said the track had been laid out too short due to human error. in a statement, Paul Foster of the Great Run company, said: "We have been in touch with Eilish to explain and to apologise.

"We will be reviewing our internal processes to ensure we cannot make this mistake again. There are no excuses for this happening and we're very sorry. We know we've let our customers down."

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