This might have been the Brit’s first worldwide medal and can add to her spectacular assortment of medals as Britain’s most profitable athlete on the indoor championships.
Muir, who was simply 21 on the time, narrowly missed out on a podium place within the 3000m remaining in Prague, ending fourth.
Nonetheless, as a result of disqualification of race winner Yelena Korobkina, who was banned for doping offences, Muir’s efficiency was rewarded.
This implies gold has gone to Belarus’ Sviatlana Kudzelich and silver for the Netherlands’ Maureen Koster.
Laura Muir on the European Indoors in 2015 (Getty)
Muir’s bronze medal brings her complete to a powerful 14 main medals throughout the Olympics, World Championships, European Championships and Commonwealth Video games.
Scottish Athletics held a particular presentation at its brief course championships to honour her achievement – a race which she has beforehand received in 2021, 2017, 2016 and 2015.
Ian Beattie, chair of UK Athletics, handed Muir the bronze medal. She was additionally awarded together with her Eric Liddell Olympic/Paralympic Achievement trophy from the Scottish Athletics Awards.
Laura Muir with Ian Beattie (Bobby Gavin)
“It’s positively blended emotions and odd emotions however it’s pretty to see and obtain the precise medal and have household and mates right here at Kirkcaldy,” Laura instructed Scottish Athletics.
“Higher late than by no means is the phrase I suppose however we do have to hold doing these.
“I’m lucky I’m nonetheless a runner however in fact it may have meant quite a bit to my profession at the moment – aged 21 and never having received my first worldwide medal.
“Folks have to be held accountable and hopefully bans and rewriting outcomes works as a deterrent down the road. We have to ship a message that it isn’t acceptable.
“I wish to thank European Athletics, UK Athletics and Scottish Athletics for making this occur for me. Kirkcaldy felt like a very good place for it to occur and I’ve fond recollections of racing on this occasion as a junior athlete.
“The response of individuals right here in the present day was so candy. I wished it to occur in Scotland and there have been athletes right here I’ve confronted towards years in the past and I cherished seeing so many pleasant faces.”
Laura Muir with Ian Beattie (Bobby Gavin)
The occasion additionally showcased robust performances from different Scottish athletes. Within the senior males’s race, Ben Potrykus from Inverclyde AC took the win, ending simply forward of Jamie Crowe of Central AC, who was final yr’s winner.
Aidan Thompson, additionally working for Central AC, secured the bronze, serving to his group clinch gold within the group competitors, with Carnethy HRC and Edinburgh College taking silver and bronze respectively.
Within the senior girls’s race, Nancy Scott from Edinburgh AC claimed gold, adopted by Lynn McKenna (Shettleston Harriers) and former champion Morag Millar (Central AC), who took bronze.
Edinburgh AC’s robust efficiency earned them the group title with Edinburgh Uni taking silver and Shettleston Harriers bronze.
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