‘Stop the abuse’: Liz McColgan hits back at online criticism of daughter Eilish

Eilish McColgan believes she will eventually be capable of beating Paula Radcliffe’s British record marathon time of 2hr 15min 25sec. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

The Olympic silver ­medallist Liz McColgan has hit out at the “­demeaning and abusive ­comments” received on social media by her ­daughter, Eilish, the reigning Commonwealth Games 10,000m champion.

Liz, who also won the 1991 world 10,000m title and coaches Eilish, used screenshots in a post on X to highlight comments ­attacking her daughter’s body shape and ­questioning whether she has an ­eating disorder.