NOTHING can truly make up for Laura Muir’s disappointment of missing out on an Olympic medal. But finishing 2016 as world No.1 and IAAF Diamond League champion in the 1500m and capping it off with a final run on home soil at the Great North CityGames is as good a finale as it could possibly get.
Victorious: Laura Muir won the Great North CityGames mile back in 2014
MARK SHEARMAN
When the 24-year-old Olympic finalist steps out onto the streets of Newcastle to sign off her outdoor season, she will do so in the knowledge she has truly arrived. Finishing fifth in the World Championships last year got Muir noticed, but 2016 has seen an explosion of world-class times and high-profile scalps on the global stage.