Thirty years ago, in the searing heat and smothering humidity of Tokyo, Liz McColgan laid waste to her rivals and became 10,000m world champion. "It was like a coming of age, all that hard work and all the disappointments," says Liz McColgan, a former Commonwealth champion and Olympic silver medallist. "I think a lot of people would have given up but, Eilish being Eilish, she has just battled against it. Eilish was a nine-month-old infant when Liz stormed to gold in Tokyo and grew up watching her mum compete. "There's probably about six women, three of which are from Ethiopia, that could probably break the world record tomorrow or the next day," she explained.

Source: BBC July 20, 2021 09:45 UTC