Laura Muir won gold in the 1500m on Sunday night, her second medal at theCommonwealth Games, and soon Aim for the high notes of summer.
The 29-year-old Scotsman made her maiden Commonwealth victory on Saturday by winning her 800 m bronze after an appeal over her finish was dismissed fromJamaica. and devastated the field in the final. Alexander Athletics day at her stadium.
She crossed the line in her 4m 02.75s, beating Northern Ireland's Ciarama Gian and Australia's Abby Caldwell her, with immediate focus on the European Championships in Munich later this month. I was.
Laura Muir of Scotland won the women's 1500m (Jacob King/PA)
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It's a 1500m-800m double," said Muir, who won the 1500m bronze medal at the World Championships in Eugene last month. "Two down, one more. I went in this year wanting to run in all three and medal in all three. I've done two out of three so far.
"I can't thank everyone enough for their support, friends, family, coaches, physios. Everyone was amazing. I couldn't ask for a better support crew."
She continued:
Muir's gold on Sunday was his second medal of the weekend after Saturday's bronze of 800. (Jacob King/PA)
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“I was rotten then, but I learned from it and came back stronger.
"I'm very happy to be here and to be able to take part in such a competitive field, not just one medal, but two." Those girls are fast, and that means a lot.”
Scotland teammate Irish McColgan won the women's 5,000 m He won the silver medal and was added to the 10,000 m title. England's Ben Pattison finished third in the men's 800 m.
Victoria Ofluog, Jody Williams, Amapipi and Jessie Knight won gold in her 4x400m relay for England in the final event of the night, ahead of Canada and Jamaica.
Irish McColgan won silver in the women's 5000 m (Jacob King/PA)
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Great Britain's Matt Hudson-Smith missed the gold medal in the morning session as Zambia's Muzala Samconga dominated the 400m favorites. The 27-year-old home her track had to settle for a silver medal as Sam Konga made a late break in her final 50 m, moving her up from fifth to first.
He ran his 44.66 seconds and British record holder Hudson-Smith crossed the line in his 44.81 seconds.
Hudson-Smith disappointed at missing gold (Martin Rickett/PA)
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He said: His back got tired. you live and you learn you just have to move forward. Still got the silver medal.
"If you had asked people a year ago whether they would do this (whether they would win federal and world medals), I would have said no. We are on the right track.
"I never heard of him (Samkonga). At least I got a little bit from him."
Hudson-Smith adds at least the World Bronze medal he won in Eugene, but after being disqualified for running out of lanes in 2018, Hudson-Smith still has a good record at the Commonwealth Games. The frustration continues.
The 27-year-old will be in Munich later this month to defend the European title he won in 2018.
In the women's race, Ofluog won silver while England team-mate Jody Williams won bronze. Both were second only to Sada her Williams of Barbados.
Her team of England's 4x100m women's relay of Ashaphilippe, Imilla Larancicotto, Bianca Williams and Daryl Neta won the silver medal behind Nigeria.
In the men's race, Jonah Efoloko, Jarnelle Hughes, Nethaniel Mitchell-Blake and Auger Edbrun won gold to defend their 2018 titles, trailing Trinidad&Tobago and Nigeria to 38.35. second.
Cindy Cember took bronze in the women's 100 m hurdles, while Nigerian world champion and world record holder Tobiam Sang won the title with her game record of 12.30 seconds.
