Laura Muir produced a superb run to win her second medal of the World Indoor Athletics Championships, with silver in the women’s 1500m in Birmingham.
The Briton, 24, chased home Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba, who took gold when Muir won bronze over 3,000m on Thursday.
Muir clocked four minutes 06.23 seconds, behind Dibaba (4:05.27), with Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan third.
Her success followed a first global individual medal for fellow Scot Eilidh Doyle who took bronze over 400m.
“I’ve finished fourth, sixth and seventh in world finals before so to win two medals this time around is amazing; it is about time,” Muir told BBC Sport.
“I thought if I could medal in one event it would be a great achievement. To medal in two and get a silver, I’m so pleased. It’s such a confidence booster. I’ve been there or thereabouts and thought it’s time I get on a podium and I’ve done a double here.”
Great Britain now have four medals, with Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s pentathlon success making her the only home athlete to take gold.
It appeared the home nation may have won another bronze on a Saturday packed with controversy when Elliot Giles, 23, was briefly promoted from fourth place in the men’s 800m, when American Drew Windle was disqualified.
But after over an hour of uncertainty – which saw Windle’s case taken to a jury of appeal at the venue – the original result stood.
His was not the only contentious moment on day three of the championships, as 18 athletes have now been disqualified for lane infringements, a situation BBC Sport analyst Michael Johnson feels needs to be “looked at”.
