Between 2021 and 2023, McColgan produced the type of her life, turning into Commonwealth champion and setting nationwide data on the observe and highway from 5,000m as much as the half marathon.
However a knee problem that gave McColgan fixed ache has derailed her progress and her household additionally needed to cope with the loss of life final 12 months of John Nuttall, the companion of her mum and coach Liz.
After surgical procedure initially didn’t do away with McColgan’s discomfort she felt an enchancment within the spring and can now compete alongside fellow Scot Megan Keith at Stade de France.
“Attempting to compete in opposition to the most effective on the planet whenever you’ve had six months off – it should be an enormous problem,” the Dundonian stated.
“However I’ve labored my absolute ass off to be right here and I need to be on the beginning line as a lot as anybody else.
“It is possibly not going to be the record-breaking kind I’ve proven in earlier years, however I am getting all the way down to that once more and I am not too far off the place I might prefer to be.
“Even simply as a household we have been via an terrible lot within the final 12 months. Mentally, that is exhausting to deal with and cope with. That is in all probability why I am much more proud.
“Regardless of all that, we’re nonetheless battling and made it to the beginning line. To go to my fourth Olympic Video games is a large honour. To be the primary Scot to do this [in athletics] reveals how troublesome it’s.”
