Laura Muir wins double-double to give Great Britain record medals tally

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• Dominant Scot adds 1500m gold to her win in the 3,000m
• Shelayna Oskan-Clarke takes 800m with start-to-finish victory

Laura Muir stormed into history by becoming the first athlete to achieve the double-double at a European Indoor Championships – and thereby helping the British team to a record medal haul.

The 25-year-old was a hot favourite to add the 1500m title to her 3,000m gold on Friday – repeating her success from Belgrade two years ago – and she duly obliged, leading from the gun before stretching a long way clear with 400m left and coming home in 4 min 05.91 sec. The Pole Sofia Ennaoui took silver, more than three seconds back, just pipping Ireland’s Ciara Mageean.

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Written by Sean Ingle in Glasgow
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/03/laura-muir-gold-great-britain-european-indoor-championships under the title “Laura Muir wins double-double to give Great Britain record medals tally”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.