Britain’s Tokyo middle-distance heroes Laura Muir and Keely Hodgkinson put winter injuries behind them as they returned to home soil and began their potentially landmark outdoor campaigns with encouraging victories at Saturday’s Birmingham Diamond League.
Hodgkinson and Muir won Olympic silver in the 800m and 1500m, respectively, last summer and both lived up to headline billing at the first major athletics event held at the newly-rebuilt Alexander Stadium, where Dina Asher-Smith also picked up her first victory of the outdoor season in the 100m.
