A SURVIVOR of breaks, bumps and batterings, Eilish McColgan would have settled merely for the nirvana of a single Olympic appearance at London 2012. The Dundonian was a steeplechaser then. Like her father Peter. The hurdles, the splashes into the water, her youthful fragile frame did not readily cope. Screw and bolts held her together as those Games approached. Career over, her surgeon said. A hobby jogger – his words – at best. A contrarian to such medical absolutes, she ploughed on, stubbornness that came in handy again when a broken foot sidelined her for almost a year prior to rebounding to make Rio 2016.