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Laura Muir doubles up aiming to flourish in indoor comfort zone

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European champion at 1500m and 3,000m will tackle both distances at the world indoor championships in Birmingham despite pressures of studying for a veterinary science degree

Fourth place is often said to be the most agonising finishing position for an athlete and Laura Muir has been there, 0.07sec behind South Africa’s Caster Semenya and outside the medals at the London world championships last summer.

Muir had been hyped up, perhaps unrealistically, as a potential double gold medallist but returned home to Milnathort, a small town in the shadows of Scotland’s Lomond Hills, empty handed. Tears flowed in the immediate aftermath but there was little time to dwell on what might have been. Sick animals awaited treatment in the local veterinary surgery where she regularly completes placements as part of her degree course and soon it was back to training.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2owJ8DZ

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