Laura Muir crosses the finish line to retain her European 3,000m title.
Her victory in Glasgow was a Championship record of 8 minutes 30.61 seconds.
2019 European Indoor Championship. Glasgow, Scotland.
Women's Indoor 3,000 metres final.
| 1. |
Laura |
MUIR
|
Great Britain & NI
|
8:30.61
|
CR
|
| 2. |
Konstanze |
KLOSTERHALFEN |
Germany
|
8:34.06
|
|
| 3. |
Melissa |
COURTNEY |
Great Britain & NI |
8:38.22
|
PB |
| 4. |
Alina
|
REH |
Germany
|
8:39.45
|
PB |
| 5. |
Karloline Bjerkeli
|
GROVDAL |
Norway |
8:52.12
|
|
| 6. |
Maureen |
KOSTER |
Netherlands
|
8:56.22 |
|
On Saturday February 16th 2019 Laura Muir smashed Kirsty Wade's 31-year-old British record
to win
the women's indoor mile in Birmingham.The 25-year-old finished in four minutes 18.75 seconds,
breaking Wade's mark of 4:23.86. Her time was the third fastest indoors in history, behind Ethiopian
great Genzebe Dibaba (4:13.31) and Romanian Doina Melinte (4:17.14).