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Action from
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IN PRAISE OF LAURA MUIR
SPEED, stamina, gritty racing style and post-race
modesty are not the only reasons why Laura Muir is
becoming such a popular runner. Fans can also believe
what they are seeing as the 23-year-old gives the
impression she is the least likely athlete in the world
to cheat.
After her brilliant double victory in Belgrade last
weekend (see p6-21) Muir is now toying with the idea
of a 1500m and 5000m double at the IAAF World
Championships in London in August. With potential
rivals such as Genzebe Dibaba and Almaz Ayana of
Ethiopia – to name just two – it will be far tougher than
the European Indoor Championships, but Muir has the
wind in her sails and, among other things, came much
closer than Dibaba to Maria
Mutola’s world indoor 1000m
record when both athletes had a
crack at the mark last month.
Her coach, Andy Young, has
described her as possessing the
stamina of Paula Radcliffe and
the speed endurance of Kelly
Holmes. Initially it might have
sounded like a ridiculously
over-the-top assessment but it
could prove prophetic.
She has won Scottish titles
at everything from 400m to
cross country. Last year she
smashed Holmes’ British
1500m record and this winter
took down a long-standing
UK indoor 5000m mark held
by Liz McColgan.
All of which brings us to
the tantalising prospect of her one day breaking two
minutes for 800m, four minutes for 1500m, 8min 30sec
for 3000m, 15 minutes for 5000m and 30 minutes for
10,000m.
If she shaves less than half a second from her
current 800m PB, then only the 10,000m barrier of 30
minutes will remain.
Radcliffe ‘only’ ran 30:01.09 during a superb
European title-winning run in Munich in 2002. But given
Muir’s improving form, who would bet against her?
MARK SHEARM
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MARK SHEARMAN
ACTION
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EUROPEAN INDOOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS
GB equals its best-ever performance
at this event with four golds and 10
medals in total as Steve Smythe
reports from Belgrade
SPOTLIGHT
Laura Muir
(above) could
break barriers
from 800m to
10,000m
22
LONDON 2017 HOPES
Aries Merritt looks for another big
London win after a kidney transplant
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HISTORY OF THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Colin Jackson, Sally Gunnell and
Linford Christie were among the stars
at the IAAF event in Stuttgart in 1993
Cover: Euro Indoors winners from last weekend in Belgrade – Laura Muir,
Asha Philip, Richard Kilty and Andy Pozzi (Mark Shearman)
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MARK SHEARMAN
Stuttgart 1993 – p24
NEWS
Why Laura Muir has the fear factor
No masters races at London 2017
Coach Mike Smith dies
Donna Fraser on gender equality
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