Laura Muir makes history at European Indoor Championships

Muir has won her fifth European gold medal

Author: Chloe ShawPublished 4th Mar 2023
Last updated 4th Mar 2023

Scotland's Laura Muir has become Britain's most decorated athlete at the European Indoor Championships as she took the gold in the 1500m.

Muir won her third 1500m title with a time of 4:03.40 in Istanbul.

It's her fifth gold medal at the championships, and Britain's first gold in Istanbul.

Muir has moved ahead of sprinters Colin Jackson and Jason Gardener for the most continental indoor titles by a British athlete.

The Scot completed the 15-hundred and 3-thousand metre double in 2017 and 2019.

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