Laura Muir ran one of her greatest races to end Britain’s medal drought at these World Athletics Championships.
The fearless Scot had said she was ready for the mother of all scraps in the women’s 1500 metres final. And as the sun set on the fourth day of competition she buried herself in a battle royal with the pride of Africa.
The result was Kenyan star Faith Kipyegon winning a second world title ahead of Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay, with Muir third in three minutes 55.28 seconds. But that does scant justice to the scale of performance put in by the trio who blasted out of the blocks, quickly ran away from all but one of the field and crossed the line fully six seconds clear.
