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. “I knew Dibaba was going to make a big move,” said Muir, who finished in 8min 45.78sec – just 0.73sec behind the Ethiopian and 0.10 behind Hassan. I’ve been fourth, fifth and sixth at world championships and seventh in Rio, so to come away with a bronze here is excellent.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Laura Muir wins bronze in the world indoor 3,000m behind Genzebe Dibaba (gold) and Sifan Hassan. “We tried to get flights but all of them were cancelled so it was a matter of trying to get a taxi. The German Mateusz Przybylko took bronze with a leap of 2.29m.

Source: The Guardian March 01, 2018 20:45 UTC