EILISH McCOLGAN emptied everything she had in the tank to win a remarkable fourth major medal in the space of 16 days in Munich.
The Scottish star bagged bronze in the European Championship 5000m final behind German Konstanze Klosterhalfen and Turk Yasemin Can.

McColgan, 31, has enjoyed a sparkling summer that saw her dramatically claim Commonwealth gold and silvers over 10,000m and 5000m in Birmingham.
She followed that up with a gutsy European 10,000m silver on Monday night and admits she had nothing more to give in a brutal 5000m duel just three days later.
McColgan, whose mum Liz also grabbed Commonwealth 10,000m glory in 1986 and 1990, said: I’m so tired, I don’t even know how I made it to the finish.
“With two laps to go I was like: ‘oh Christ, my legs aren’t going to make it to the end’.
“I’m so happy, to come and win another medal I can’t ask for any more than that.
“I couldn’t do any more, and that’s a good feeling when you cross the line knowing you’ve given it everything.

“I’m really proud of myself, I came here with only one outdoor medal and now I’ve collected another four – it’s mad.
“I just can’t believe it - this will be a year I will remember for a very long time.”

Earlier this summer, McColgan announced she was planning to turn her attention to road racing and run the London Marathon on October 2.

McColgan’s mum memorably won the race in 1996 and just like the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the Dundee star is determined to follow in her footsteps.
She admits this summer has taken it out of her but is relishing the prospect of a fresh challenge in just over a month’s time.

“We’ll see how I recover from this,” she added.

“This has been more overwhelming than I thought.
“Certainly the Commonwealth Games, such an emotional high as well.
“It’s a new chapter for me, the road racing, I’m just excited to see how it goes.
“It’s less intense on the road than it is on the track – I’m glad this is over. I kept saying today ‘one more, just one more’. I’ve done it.”
Scottish middle distance star Neil Gourley slumped to an eighth-place finish in the 1500m final.

World champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran a thrilling front-running race to scorch to gold in 3:32.76 as British star Jake Heyward claimed a brave silver.

Spaniard Mario Garcia bagged bronze ahead of Britain’s Matt Stonier in fifth as Glasgow’s Gourley, 27, struggled to live with the contest’s punishing pace.

Gourley, who was eliminated in the semi-finals at last month’s World Championship in Oregon before finishing eighth in the Commonwealth Games final in Birmingham, said: “It wasn’t great and far from my best.
“I made the decision to come here and thought I still had something left in the tank to attack this race today, but clearly I didn’t.

“I need to get stronger because people like Jakob want to run hard from the gun.

“I want to do that – that means getting stronger, I’ll spend more time at altitude, long reps.

“There’s no point having one of the fastest closes if I can’t use it. What I need to do is clear.”

Jake Wightman admits his first 800m race since May was a significant shock to the system.
Wightman, the current world champion over 1500m, won his European Championship 800m heat on Thursday morning in a time of 1:45.94.
But it was far from straightforward after being made to battle past Simone Barontini and Gabriel Tual into the automatic qualification places.
Wightman, who is running the 800m over the 1500m to prove his versatility in Bavaria, said: “It was unfamiliar because I haven’t raced one since the Birmingham Diamond League in May.
“It's tougher than I thought it was going to be.
“You forget that the 800m, it takes a lot more out of you than 1500m.
“You can't quite cruise in the same way, but I did what I needed to do.
“I was nervous about whether or not I’d done enough work for it.”
Fellow Scot Jemma Reekie also won her 800m heat on Thursday morning with a time of 2:02.36.
The Kilbarchan runner, 24, qualified alongside Anna Wielgosz and Christina Hering as Olympic silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson also won her heat.