Laura Muir

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It's nice to go online and on social media and see that another British athlete has qualified for the final - it makes you know you're part of that cohort." It makes you really proud to be a part of a team like this, that are doing so well." It's like we're a big family - and you can really feed off that." I'm only seeing it online but you can see the support all the British teams across the sports have for one another." Canoe sprint is one of nine sports hosting their European Championships in Germany this week and Kerr has loved watching compatriot McColgan, who dramatically soared to athletics 10,000m and 5000m gold and silver at the Commonwealth Games, emulate her exploits at Munich's Olympic Stadium.The Dundee star won 10,000m silver and 5000m bronze this week and Kerr is now determined to follow in her decorated podium footsteps.She said: "I've really enjoyed watching Eilish McColgan this year." “I got a medal at all three and to win the Commonwealths and win here, I’m so happy.

Dina Asher-Smith and Laura Muir will tonight hope to kick off a late British gold rush ahead of the final weekend of the European Athletics Championships in ...

Olympic champion and world record holder Karsten Warholm is hoping to salvage an injury-wrecked season by defending his title, while Dutch sensation Femke Bol is the red-hot favourite in her specialist event having already triumphed in the flat 400m as she looks to become the first female athlete to complete the double at a major championships. On the last night of action on Sunday, world 1500m champion Jake Wightman will hope to be involved in the 800m final, although he must first come through a semi-final this evening, while Britain’s relay teams could significantly boost the medal haul. A run of injuries have plagued the 26-year-old at championships over the past 12 months, and after qualifying fastest for tonight’s final she revealed that the calf cramps which led to her finishing last in Tuesday’s 100m were caused by her period, calling for more research into the issue.

Photo by James Rhodes Results via European Athletics website Unstoppable Laura Muir retained her Women's 1500m title at the European Championships to.

Zoey had the team off to a flying start to set it up for Ama Pipi. But the World champion at 1500m found an extra kick to place second in 1:46.61 and make sure. I was like, ‘OK, tactical head on now!’. ‘In my head I was like, ‘stay calm, stay calm’. +++ *It’s a 12th major medal of her career.

LAURA MUIR labelled her hard-fought European 1500m title defence the 'hardest race she's ever run' after a lightning turn of pace propelled…

“So I am just conserving more energy because the more composed you are, the more energy you save.” “I know I have a good sprint finish, so I just waited until the last 200m and got through.” “I got a good position but then I was shoved, she said. “I thought I’d screwed it up as I was in such a bad position. “It was so hard – credit to all the other athletes who have done the three events, because it’s so difficult.” “I got a medal at all three and to win the Commonwealths and win here, I’m so happy.

When Laura Muir finally exorcised the ghosts of all the podium near-misses in Tokyo last year, she had a few sips of champagne and said she needed to keep ...

A good night for Britain with five gongs and two golds ended on a downbeat note as Dina Asher-Smith was again out of sorts and had to settle for silver in the 200m. Muir, who does have a fab four medals from her summer, started the ball rolling by retaining her 1,500m title in a tremendous duel with a gutsy Ciara Mageean. Laura Muir is not often given to over-exaggeration, but as the medals came thick and fast in Munich, she pondered whether this was becoming a fabulous Friday.

An emotional Ciara Mageean celebrated her silver medal success at the European Championships and warned gold medallist Laura Muir that she has her in her ...

"Racing the athletes out there today, in particular Laura and Sofia Ennaoui, I knew that it was going to be tough. "I did exactly what myself and my coach said I would, I stayed a hell of a lot closer to her than in the Commonwealth Games. My time will come. "Laura used a similar tactic to the Commonwealth Games and I thought that was going to happen. It’s absolutely fantastic." Speaking to RTÉ Sport, Mageean was unable to contain her joy and said: "I feel like I very rarely get emotional in athletics but with the year that I've had, I was going around there, seeing all at the tricolours and I’m feeling a bit emotional.

Muir adds European gold to medals at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games but Asher-Smith's difficult season continued with silver.

“To medal in this field after some of the things I’ve been experiencing, I just couldn’t hold it back. “I crashed on the first corner - at least it was dry. “It was a pretty hard race,” Pidcock said. “Mostly the European Championships for us was more of a mental game than physical because we knew we were fit. “It was an amazing opportunity and a very unique one that we’d never get three champs in a year, let alone five weeks in the summer. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) “This was the hardest one. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. “I’m so happy,” Hughes said. “Everyone knows I’ve had a big throw in me for a long time and hopefully this is the start of big things for me.” It was the most difficult race I think I’ve ever run.” “It’s been a tough year for me in a lot of ways and to do what I did today just means the world to me,” Okoye said.

It has been a summer to remember for Laura Muir and she completed the medal mission she had set herself by successfully defending her European 1500m title in ...

“Winning this gold is a big relief and it was a great race for me,” said the Dutch athlete. “I thought ‘you know what, I’ll give it a go’ and my aim was to win a medal in all three which I’ve done and to win the Commonwealths and to win here I’m so happy. Britain’s Commonwealth medallist Naomi Metzger had a great competition to finish sixth with her opening jump of 14.33m – just 12 centimetres from the medals. She did so with a big PB and European lead of 15.02m in round five after a 14.81m opener. Britain’s Katie Snowden had the race of her life to finish fourth in 4:04.97 while her team-mate Ellie Baker was a fine eighth in 4:05.83. During her competition she was even able to congratulate the two 400m hurdles medallists. “It’s been up and down but it’s been a good year for me. It was an amazing opportunity and a very unique one that we’d ever get three championships in a year, let alone in five weeks in the summer. I just knew to stick to it as best I could because sometimes 1500m is unpredictable but it went to plan.” On the challenge of attempting to win four major medals this summer, she said: “It looked hard on paper but actually doing it in person? It was the most difficult race I think I’ve ever run and credit to all the other athletes that have done the three because it’s so difficult. The glue was starting to wear off, though, and on the final bend Muir prised open a five-metre gap.

Laura Muir (coach: Andy Young; club: Dundee Hawkhill) took 1500m gold and Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills; Shaftesbury Barnet) led a British 1-2 in the men's 200m as Great Britain & Northern Ireland added five medals to their tally on a brilliant night in ...

I think I needed to be a bit braver and get right up at the front. I think the one thing I am taking from it is I must be pretty fit because tactically I was all over the place, but I was still able to get through. “It was really unfortunate to cramp at a home championships when I thought I had a medal but as soon as that passed, I got my mind on the relay and winning gold at the Europeans. I was happy with how I ran there, but I was just expecting a bit more tonight.” It was a bit rocky at the start of the season. Everybody that throws discus knows I’ve had a big throw in me for a long time and it felt great to get it out. “To produce that first round in this standard of competition, I tried to replicate it and didn’t quite get back there again. Once I got to 120m I made my move and held my composure and crossed the line with a gold medal.” Okoye’s monster opening effort was a massive season’s best for the Croydon man and had him sat in third spot at the halfway point of the competition by just two centimetres. “I’ve moved back home and have a great coach in Ryan Freckleton, thanks to my sponsors for supporting me, British Athletics and the missus back home, the backbone. “My next target is to run 10.7s so I look forward to chasing that into September, but it’s been up and down. It was the most difficult race I think I’ve ever run and credit to all the other athletes that have done the three because it’s so difficult.”

Laura Muir continued her super summer with yet another medal as she won the 1500 metres fianl at the European Championships, with Zharnel Hughes also taking ...

“To medal in this field after some of the things I’ve been experiencing, I just couldn’t hold it back. “Mostly the European Championships for us was more of a mental game than physical because we knew we were fit. “It was an amazing opportunity and a very unique one that we’d never get three champs in a year, let alone five weeks in the summer. “This was the hardest one. “I’m so happy,” Hughes said. It was the most difficult race I think I’ve ever run.”

It has been a summer to remember for Laura Muir and she completed the medal mission she had set herself by successfully defending her European 1500m title in ...

“Winning this gold is a big relief and it was a great race for me,” said the Dutch athlete. “I thought ‘you know what, I’ll give it a go’ and my aim was to win a medal in all three which I’ve done and to win the Commonwealths and to win here I’m so happy. Britain’s Commonwealth medallist Naomi Metzger had a great competition to finish sixth with her opening jump of 14.33m – just 12 centimetres from the medals. She did so with a big PB and European lead of 15.02m in round five after a 14.81m opener. Britain’s Katie Snowden had the race of her life to finish fourth in 4:04.97 while her team-mate Ellie Baker was a fine eighth in 4:05.83. During her competition she was even able to congratulate the two 400m hurdles medallists. “It’s been up and down but it’s been a good year for me. It was an amazing opportunity and a very unique one that we’d ever get three championships in a year, let alone in five weeks in the summer. I just knew to stick to it as best I could because sometimes 1500m is unpredictable but it went to plan.” On the challenge of attempting to win four major medals this summer, she said: “It looked hard on paper but actually doing it in person? It was the most difficult race I think I’ve ever run and credit to all the other athletes that have done the three because it’s so difficult. The glue was starting to wear off, though, and on the final bend Muir prised open a five-metre gap.