While I agree with you Tony, if Eoin had beaten Eugeni and smashed the record then it would have received almost no media coverage. The thing which is perceived as being 'news worthy' is that she is a woman competing in sport against men which happens relatively rarely. Of course the press are not the only people to make a big thing out of her being female and a new mother lots of the posts on here, including some of mine, mention it.
It will be interesting to see if the Spine website is updated to have a course record and a mens record.