Belgian runner swipes greater than a minute off her PB to clock 30:09 as she beats Eilish McColgan’s 30:19 Euro mark from 2022.
Three weeks after ending fourth within the European Cross Nation Championships in Portugal, Jana Van Lent ran a European 10km file of 30:09 on the Promenade Basic 10km in Good on Sunday (Jan 4).
Not solely did she take over a minute off her earlier better of 31:17 however she beat Eilish McColgan’s 30:19 outright European file – set in a girls’s solely race on the Nice Manchester Run in 2022 – along with surpassing Paula Radcliffe’s combined race European file of 30:21 from 2003.
Van Lent handed midway in 14:42 earlier than slowing down somewhat within the second half.
Previous to Sunday, her declare to fame was profitable the European 10,000m Cup in Pacé in Could final yr, whereas she was additionally the primary Belgian lady to interrupt quarter-hour for 5000m with a better of 14:37.47.
Alessia Zarbo and Anaelle Guillonnet had been second and third in 31:11 and 31:37 respectively whereas Gaston Rohmer, 20, gained the lads’s race in 28:28.
McColgan has a chance to reclaim the file in Valencia on January 11 as she is an element of a giant British contingent that features Emile Cairess on a course that’s well-known for producing quick instances.
The quickest 10km set a European lady is 30:05 set by Lonah Salpeter of Israel in Tilburg six years in the past nevertheless it was by no means ratified.
