Laura Muir cruises to 1500m victory at Anniversary Games

• Scot wins easily with 57-second last lap • Zharnel Hughes and Beth Dobbin also shine Laura Muir, Zharnel Hughes and Beth Dobbin seized the occasion of competing in London’s former Olympic stadium to delight the crowds and deliver impressive personal performances on the opening day of the Anniversary Games. An unusual event, in that it both looks backwards and throws forward in time, the Muller Anniversary Games is part of the legacy of London 2012 and also an important staging post on the way to the World Championships in Doha in September. The risk is that the event itself lacks consequence but, as personal and season’s best times were consistently adjusted over the course of the day, it did not feel that way inside the London Stadium. Continue reading...