Laura Muir earns world indoor bronze after £1,500, seven-hour taxi ride

• Scot makes it to Birmingham after being caught in snowdrift
• Genzebe Dibaba takes gold as Sifan Hassan beats Muir to silver

At one point on Wednesday evening, Laura Muir feared her hopes of a first global medal were about to be swallowed up by an epic snowdrift somewhere outside Carlisle. Yet 24 hours and a £1,500, seven-hour taxi ride later, she was celebrating a superb bronze after a pulsating women’s 3,000m final at the world indoor championships.

No one has ever doubted Muir’s ability or courage. Yet in the final of the 1500m at the 2016 Olympics – and again at the world championships last year – her death or glory approach led some to question whether she was tactically naive.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2F3suWT