Gold medal for Laura Muir at the Commonwealth Games
The runner dominates the women's 1500m for her second medal in Birmingham 2022.
Team Scotland’s Laura Muir dominated the women’s 1500m to win gold at the Commonwealth Games and collect her second medal in 24 hours.
Eilish McColgan followed up with a silver medal in the 5000m to cap a day when Team Scotland celebrated the most successful Games since Glasgow 2014.
Laura Muir decimated the field at the Alexander Stadium to win on the final day of the athletics, hitting the front with 500m still to go and maintaining a clear lead all the way to the line.
She finished in four minutes 02.75 seconds ahead of Northern Ireland's Ciara Mageean and Australia's Abbey Caldwell.
“A stunning race”
sportscotland Director of High Performance, Mike Whittingham, said:
“Laura Muir has again delivered on the global stage with a stunning race to win gold in the 1500m. She is one of the world’s leading athletes and continues to deliver when it matters most. She is an inspiration to the next generation.”
Muir won 800m bronze on Saturday - after an appeal over the photo finish from Jamaica was rejected - to claim her first ever Commonwealth Games medal.
Just a day later she claimed victory in four minutes 02.75 seconds ahead of Northern Ireland's Ciara Mageean and Australia's Abbey Caldwell.
Gold and silver for McColgan
10,000m gold medalist Eilish McColgan ran a brave race challenging the winner Beatrice Chebet until the Kenyan accelerated away on the final straight.
Chair of sportscotland, Mel Young said:
“It was another incredible performance by Eilish McColgan to bring home the silver medal.
“Eilish’s gold-medal winning run in the 10,000m was undoubtably one of the moments of the Games, to add a silver on top of that is an amazing achievement.
“It is another fantastic moment for Eilish and everyone connected with Scottish Athletics.”
Great Commonwealth Games moments
Roger Bannister and John Landy, the first two men to crack the four-minute-mile, raced against each other the 1954 Vancouver Commonwealth Games, with Roger Bannister coming out victorious.
Precious McKenzie winning weightlifting gold again at Christchurch 1974, attracted the attention of The Queen and caused her to be late for an official engagement.
Nicola Adams won the first gold medal for women's boxing at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 2014.
Jim Peters tragically collapses just before the finish line of his marathon in 1954. He reportedly crawled for 11 minutes before being put onto a stretcher.
Chantal Petitclerc, one of the most high-profile pioneers for para-sports, won gold in the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Allan Wells and Mike McFarlane in the Brisbane 1982 Commonwealth Games 200m both won a gold medal. This is the only gold draw in Commonwealth history.
Usain Bolt helped Jamaica win gold in the Men's 4x100m relay during the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Filbert Bayi set the world record in the 1,500m at the Christchurch 1974 Commonwealth Games.
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