Familiar tale for Scots as Muir runs PB but denied 1500m dream

For nan 2nd clip successful 5 days, a Scottish jock has tally faster than they person ever tally earlier complete 1500m but near nan Stade de France without nan point they arrived successful hunt of.

It happened to Josh Kerr connected Tuesday, his premonitions of golden replaced by a imagination of silver. And it happened to Laura Muir connected Saturday.

The 31-year-old Olympic metallic medallist from Tokyo had softly warned each week that nan arena had moved connected importantly successful nan 3 years since. That nan section had sewage quicker. She wasn't wrong.

Muir was truthful acold backmost astatine 1 shape that she was almost successful a different departement. The leaders were gone.

Eventually, she girded herself, dug in, and someway clawed herself backmost into contention to nan grade that she had a sniff of a badge arsenic she deed nan apical bend.

Ultimately, she'd near herself excessively overmuch to do, though and had to settee for fifth.

Fifth, having sliced a half 2nd disconnected her erstwhile PB, group successful this metropolis successful July. And fifth, having slashed almost a 2nd disconnected nan clip she posted successful winning metallic successful Toyko.

Turns retired Muir was correct astir this arena having moved on.

“You cognize what, I'm conscionable really happy pinch it," she said. "I ran precisely really I wanted to and nan fastest I ever have, truthful I can't inquire immoderate more.

"They went disconnected truthful accelerated astatine nan commencement and I conscionable knew if I did that I'd beryllium retired nan backmost door. So I had to tally my ain race.

"I picked disconnected truthful galore group but nan title was conscionable 10 metres excessively short."