Eilish McColgan smashes Paula Radcliffe's British 21-year-old half marathon record in the UAE

Eilish McColgan produced a stunning performance at the Ras Al Khaimah half marathon to break Paula Radcliffe's 21-year-old record. The Scottish runner clocked a time of 1:06:26 to finish sixth, but more importantly break Radcliffe's mark from 2001 as well as the best time of her mother, Liz, who stopped the watch at 1:07:11 during her athletics career.

Ad/> McColgan was racing in just her second-ever half marathon, but it hasn't taken long to get accustomed to its demands, shaving 21 seconds off Radcliffe's record of 1:06:47. Tokyo 2020'My son can't take medal to school now' — Kilty after Team GB 4x100m team stripped of Olympic silver18 HOURS AGO The winner of the UAE event — which brands itself as the world's fastest half marathon — was Ethiopia's Girmawit Gebrzihair Gebru in a course-record time of 1:04:14.

/> Mo Farah holds the record for the fastest half-marathon by any British athlete, recording a time of 59:32 at the Lisbon Half Marathon in 2015. — — - The Olympic Games will return with Paris 2024, live on Eurosport and discovery+.