Laura Muir claimed her first global medal for Great Britain after clinching 3,000 metres bronze at the World Indoor Championships – after a six hour taxi ride. The 24-year-old took a taxi from Scotland to Birmingham on Wednesday as the snow caused transport chaos and finished third behind victorious Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba and Holland’s Sifan Hassan. Great Britain’s Laura Muir celebrates (Martin Rickett/PA)She said: “This time yesterday I was in a taxi half way down the M6. “When we were leaving the house there was a foot of snow and the taxi was two hours late. Great Britain’s Morgan Lake came fourth (Simon Cooper/PA)Earlier, Morgan Lake came fourth in the women’s high jump after leaping 1.93m, while team-mate Robbie Grabarz came a disappointing ninth after failing at 2.25m.

Source: Ethiopian News March 01, 2018 21:45 UTC