{"id":119055,"date":"2026-04-26T13:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/record-breaker-weynay-sub-207-at-london-marathon-as-eilish-lands-british-title-again-scottish-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T13:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:44:04","slug":"record-breaker-weynay-sub-207-at-london-marathon-as-eilish-lands-british-title-again-scottish-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/record-breaker-weynay-sub-207-at-london-marathon-as-eilish-lands-british-title-again-scottish-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Record breaker! Weynay sub 2:07 at London Marathon as Eilish lands British title again &#8211; Scottish Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"meta-date\">Sunday 26th April 2026<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weynay Ghebresilasie on the UK Champs podium in London<\/strong> <strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">(photo by Thomas Lovelock for London Marathon Events)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonmarathonevents.co.uk\/london-marathon\/results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London Marathon Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Record was broken and precious British medals claimed, too, at the <strong>TCS London Marathon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weynay Ghebresilasie<\/strong> went sub 2:07 to clock 2:06.59 and set a new mark for Scottish men.<\/p>\n<p>The Shettleston Harriers athlete, who is supported by Joma, was 13<sup>th<\/sup> in the Elite Men\u2019s race and took third in the British race to land a UK Championships bronze medal as well as Lindsays Scottish Championship gold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eilish McColgan<\/strong> took the British and Scottish gold medals with her run of 2:24.51. That was just outside her Scottish Record last year but one place better as Eilish finished in seventh in the Elite women\u2019s race.<\/p>\n<p>In the Elite Men\u2019s Wheelchair Race, there was a 15<sup>th<\/sup> place finish for <strong>Sean Frame<\/strong> in 1:37.07. That made Sean the third British athlete in that race.<\/p>\n<p>It really was a remarkable occasion in London with ideal conditions leading to Records and PB performances from elite athletes to the mass race with 59,000 people lined up to start.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sebastian Sawe<\/strong> headed them all and broke the magical two hour mark for the first time with World Record 1:59.30.<\/p>\n<p>The Kenyan thus repeated his TCS London Marathon win from last year \u2013 read more about the Scottish connection to Sebastian via well-known coach, <strong>Colin Thomas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/london-marathon-winner-sabastian-sawe-and-his-scottish-connection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DC1_1530-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-115257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DC1_1530-882x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"882\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DC1_1530-882x1024.jpg 882w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DC1_1530-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DC1_1530-768x891.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DC1_1530-1324x1536.jpg 1324w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DC1_1530-1765x2048.jpg 1765w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Eilish on UK Champs podium with Rose Harvey and Louise Small (photo by Thomas Lovelock for London Marathon Events)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eilish McColgan London Marathon\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qat_pn3pXEA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p><strong>LINDSAYS SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALS IN LONDON\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Weynay and Eilish took our Lindsays Scottish Championship golds as they did last year in London.<\/p>\n<p>It was a good day for Shettleston Harriers with silver in the Women\u2019s division for<strong> Brogan Wallace<\/strong> via her big PB run in the Mass race, closely followed by <strong>Katrina Ballantyne<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Edinburgh AC\u2019s <strong>Andrew Fyfe<\/strong> delivered a superb 2:12 performance for the Men\u2019s silver with third for Fife AC\u2019s <strong>Charlie Sandison.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Women<\/p>\n<p>1 Eilish McColgan 2:24:51<\/p>\n<p>2 Brogan Wallace 2:35.01<\/p>\n<p>3 Katrina Ballantyne 2.35.32<\/p>\n<p>Men<\/p>\n<p>1 Weynay Ghebresilasie 2.06.59 (Scottish Record)<\/p>\n<p>2 Andrew Fyfe 2.12.36<\/p>\n<p>3 Charlie Sandison 2.16.53<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Believe-Belong-Achieve-Together.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Believe-Belong-Achieve-Together.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Believe-Belong-Achieve-Together.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Believe-Belong-Achieve-Together-300x30.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tags:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function ( d, s, id ) {\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName( s )[0];\n        if ( d.getElementById( id ) ) return;\n        js = d.createElement( s );\n        js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=234654626717555\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore( js, fjs );\n    }( document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk' ));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/scottish-record-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday 26th April 2026 Weynay Ghebresilasie on the UK Champs podium in London (photo by Thomas Lovelock for London Marathon Events) London Marathon Results The Scottish Record was broken and precious British medals claimed, too, at the TCS London Marathon. 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