Laura Muir is confident her recent good form will stand her in good stead for a shot at a 1500m Olympic medal.
The Kinross runner set a new Scottish mile record of four minutes 19.12 seconds in Oslo on Thursday, eclipsing Yvonne Murray’s 1994 effort of 4:22.60.
Muir came home in second behind Kenyan Faith Kipyegon, the fastest woman in the world this year over 1500m.
“Being so close to her I think definitely puts me in contention for a medal come Rio,” Muir said.
“The girls I was racing are high up there in terms of rankings and the girl who won is the fastest in the world this year.
“I am in that sort of top five in the world at the moment, I was fifth at the World Championships last year, so I just want to keep improving really.
“I’m not sure if ‘expect’ is the word, I think a target. It’s definitely a target to be there (on the medal podium) because, at the end of the day, I can only do as well as I can, I can’t control what anybody else does.
“If I feel that I’ve run the best race that I can and I’ve given absolutely 100% and I can fourth or fifth then fair enough, there’s not much I can do about it.
“But hopefully my 100% will be enough for a podium place.”
