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Eilish McColgan dropped by UK Athletics from World Class Programme

Four-time Olympian Eilish McColgan has been dropped from the list of 65 athletes nominated to join the UK Athletics World Class Programme for 2024 and 2025.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000mchampion finished 15th in the women’s 10,000m in Paris after recovering from knee surgery.

The 33-year-old effectively called time on her track career following her run in the French capital, and has targeted the women’s marathon at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.

McColgan, who was on podium potential funding for the build-up to Paris, won an appeal against her exclusion from the World Class Programme back in 2016.

And with her bid to transition to road hampered by a series of injuries in recent years, she will have a chance to be restored to the programme if and when she is successful over the marathon distance.

UK Athletics Olympic head coach Paula Dunn said: “Athletics has had two consecutive years of bringing back 10 medals from a global stage and this investment is key to that.

 “I believe we have demonstrated as a sport we are directing this investment into the right areas and look forward to receiving confirmation of our LA investment later this year.”

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