Laura Muir to take on 5000m at Commonwealth Games

Crew Scotland publicizes 39-strong athletics staff to compete on the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Video games.

Laura Muir has chosen to compete within the 5000m at subsequent month’s Commonwealth Video games in Glasgow.

The 33-year-old has secured a number of medals within the 1500m – together with Olympic silver, world bronze and two European golds – however the self-discipline is just not on the calendar at this version of the Video games.

As an alternative of working the mile – making its return to the Video games for the primary time in 60 years – Muir has determined to go up the gap and compete within the 5000m.

„Doing the 5000m hopefully makes my endurance that a little bit bit stronger and hopefully assist that 1500m,“ she instructed BBC Scotland.

The Brit boasts a private better of 14:48.14 within the 5000m and ran 15:07.02 on the IFAM Outside assembly in Brussels in Could.

Laura Muir (Graham Smith)

After successful on the Bannister Miles assembly that very same month, Muir instructed AW afterwards that she had centered on velocity endurance in winter coaching and should step up from the 1500m to longer distances this 12 months.

„We have been doing a giant block of endurance this winter, which is a really completely different method,“ she mentioned. „I’ve recognized I’ve received potential to go a bit additional within the race distances. I really feel like I’ve by no means had the chance to strive it out. I wish to try to few various things and I feel a whole lot of athletes are attempting that out this 12 months.

„I wish to get quicker and quicker and with the intention to adapt it’s important to change a couple of issues. You are studying on a regular basis, even this previous winter. Even getting again into racing, so it is about attempting to be higher.“

Muir positioned third within the 1500m finally weekend’s UK Athletics Championships, clocking 4:08.73 to complete behind Sarah Calvert and Katie Snowden.

Calvert, who secured back-to-back 1500m titles in Birmingham, can also be a part of the 39-strong Scottish athletics staff to compete in Glasgow.

4 years after her triumphant 10,000m on the Alexander Stadium, Eilish McColgan will as soon as once more race within the Scottish vest over 25 laps.

McColgan hasn’t competed on the observe because the Paris Olympics however did run what was then a European 10km file of 30:08 – improved to 29:51 by Klara Lukan – in Valencia again in January. She additionally positioned seventh with 2:24:51 at April’s London Marathon.

Josh Kerr, Jake Wightman and Neil Gourley headline a much-anticipated males’s mile race and can intention to impress on house soil on the Scotstoun Stadium.

There may be the chance that Kerr arrives in Glasgow as the brand new world mile record-holder. The 28-year-old has made no secret that bettering Hicham El Guerrouj’s 3:43.13 on the London Diamond League and securing Commonwealth mile gold are his two priorities this season.

Kerr is the British mile record-holder with 3:45.34, whereas Wightman and Gourley boast respective bests of three:47.82 and three:47.74.

Rebecca Grieve and Bradley Francis are included for the blended 4x400m alongside particular person 400m runners Brodie Younger and Nicole Yeargin. Crew Scotland may even subject each blended 4x400m and ladies’s 4x100m relay groups, following additional locations made obtainable to them particularly.

For these occasions. Georgina Adam is included in each blended 4x400m and ladies’s 4x100m relay squads. Alisha Rees, Lucy Fraser and Kaya Slater will be part of her within the latter, alongside particular person 200m runner Alyson Bell.

Crew Scotland Chef de Mission, Elinor Middlemiss mentioned “An enormous congratulations to all of the observe and subject athletes chosen to compete in Glasgow this summer time. It’s unbelievable to see such a powerful staff named for the Video games – a staff which has an actual mixture of power, depth and expertise.

“A number of of those athletes competed at Glasgow 2014 and can be capable of impart that have to the remainder of the staff. I’m assured that every one chosen will rise to the event of a house Video games and do Crew Scotland proud.”