Laura Muir celebrates double gold from the European Indoors in Belgrade in March 2017 – but her first international medal was actually achieved two years earlier (photo by Bobby Gavin)
Chris lands another Euro medal (our report on European Indoors in March 2015)
By Peter Jardine, Head of Communications
Laura Muir is to receive another significant addition to her collection of international medals – after a gap of almost nine years.
European Athletics have confirmed to scottishathletics there is to be a reallocation of medals from the Women’s 3000m at the 2015 European Indoors in the Czech Republic.
Laura finished fourth in the final in Prague but it was announced in November by the Athletics Integrity Unit that race winner Yelena Korobkina had been found guilty of doping offences.
The Russian athlete has been banned for four years (from September 2023) and will have her results expunged for a period of three years (from July 2013 to July 2016).
That timespan thus covers the 2015 European Indoors and the Scot will now receive a newly-issued bronze medal with gold for Sviatlana Kudzelich of Belarus and silver for Maureen Koster of Holland.
‘Hearing the news that I will be receiving a championship medal almost a decade after the race itself is one of mixed emotions,’ Laura told scottishathletics.
‘Predominantly I feel very fortunate and grateful to receive the bronze medal, particularly when still competing at an elite level, as I am aware many athletes are not afforded that opportunity.
‘Had I received the medal on the day of the race in Prague in 2015, it would have been my first senior international medal at an age of 21 years old.
‘Missing out on that special moment, especially as I was not on the podium on the night, was very difficult. But, looking back, it made me more determined than ever to ensure the same outcome didn’t happen for future championships. Which luckily has been the case!
Laura Muir’s most recent international medal was European Indoor gold in Istanbul in 2023 (photo via European Athletics/Getty Images)
‘I would like to say a massive thank you to all those involved in the process which results in the medal now being awarded to me.
‘I cannot emphasise or explain how much it means to the athletes to have the results rectified and the medals awarded to those who compete within the rules of our sport.
‘So I am very excited to see that particular…
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