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Eilish McColgan won Commonwealth 10,000m golden successful Birmingham past yearEilish McColgan smashed her ain British grounds to triumph the Berlin Half Marathon.
The 32-year-old crossed the decorativeness enactment successful 1 hour, 5 minutes and 43 seconds, taking 43 seconds disconnected her erstwhile champion implicit the distance.
Scotland's McColgan, who volition marque debut implicit 26.2 miles astatine the London Marathon connected 23 April, moves up to 4th connected the European all-time list.
Ethiopia's Tsigie Gebreselama was second, 30 seconds back, with her compatriot Yalemget Yaregal third.
McColgan's chap Briton Samantha Harrison missed retired connected the podium successful fourth.
The 28-year-old, of Nottingham, finished successful 1 hour, 7 minutes and 7 seconds, 50 seconds down Yaregal.
In March, McColgan set a caller British 10,000m record successful California - beating Paula Radcliffe's clip - but has been dealing with injuries successful the build-up to London.
In the men's contention successful the German capital, Sabastian Sawe led a Kenyan cleanable expanse of the podium, crossing the enactment successful 59 minutes exactly.
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