Laura Muir
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Laura Muir is a Scottish middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the 1500 metres, having previously finished seventh in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Muir won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships, and has three other top five placings in 1500 m finals at the World Athletics Championships, finishing fifth in 2015, fourth in 2017 and fifth in 2019. She is a two-time European 1500 m champion from 2018 and 2022 as well as the 2022 Commonwealth Games 1500 m champion and 800 metres bronze medallist.
Muir after her 3000 m win at the 2017 European Indoor Championships in Belgrade
Laura Muir (R) and Faith Kipyegon (L) lead the pack in the 1500 m final at the 2017 London World Championships.
At the home 2019 European Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Muir (L) completed historic 1500 m/3000 m 'double-double'.
Muir (second from the right) races in the 800 m heat of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Athletics was one of the core sports that was held at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. As a founding sport, athletics had appeared consistently since its introduction at the 1911 Inter-Empire Games, the recognized precursor to the Commonwealth Games.
Alexander Stadium during the athletics events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games