Exclusive: Eilish McColgan joins performance nutrition brand Sport in Science

Eilish McColgan has joined Sport in Science as a member of its Elite Performance Advisory Panel, signaling a broader push to tailor sports science to female athletes' needs. The 10,000 meters Commonwealth Games champion from Scotland says the role will help address longstanding gaps in research comparing men's and women's sport and performance outcomes. She will provide athlete insights to inform future performance research and education initiatives, including refuelling, recovery and nutrition strategies for female endurance athletes. McColgan notes that women's sport has often outpaced the science available, particularly regarding the menstrual cycle's impact on performance and adaptation. Sport in Science describes the collaboration as bringing together world-class athletes to shape real-world research priorities, working alongside Science in Sport's own Science Advisory Panel. The partnership aims to illuminate questions that could transform training, equipment and coaching through female-specific physiology. Professor James Morton, Science in Sport's Chief Science Officer, welcomed McColgan's involvement, saying her perspective will help identify where science can have the greatest impact. McColgan concluded that this work will influence her own training and racing as she prepares to defend the Commonwealth title on home soil this summer.