Team GB's Laura Muir secures place in Friday's Olympic 1500m final in Tokyo
The 28-year-old, who has three top-five World Championship finishes, eased to second in her semi-final in 4:00.73.
Despite being the fastest Briton over 800m going into the Games, Muir has opted to concentrate exclusively on the 1500m in a bid to secure a podium place at least. The 27-year-old, a former world youth and junior champion over 100m, ran 49.97 to take the second automatic qualifying spot behind defending champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo. Her time improves her personal best by almost a second and is the eighth best into Friday's medal race."It's been such a long journey and I needed to come here and make that final. Anything can happen so you've got to be there to challenge for medals.
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