How 'mutant' Murdoch charmed way to bronze
Then he got a sniff of an unlikely success, harnessed the energy in the arena, and kept his composure down the stretch for a scarcely believable bronze in an event that he wasn't even sure he'd bother entering as recently as early July.
Murdoch's immediate reaction was primal, violently punching the water, dooking winner Zac Stubblety-Cook of Australia, and climbing on the lane rope to roar at the crowd, before embracing English silver medallist James Wilby."I've been emotional all day and trying to keep it under wraps but I just cannae believe I'm stood here, with my mum and dad watching for the first time since 2018, and Saltires in the crowd," he said.
Not quite. Murdoch goes in the 100m over the next couple of days. It will likely be the last ever time he competes. And who would wager against him going out in style?Murdoch's was one of three bronze medals on a fine evening for a Scotland team whose relative inexperience had diluted pre-meet expectations.
"I can't believe it," she told BBC Sport Scotland, as tears started to fall. "I'm so, so happy and I literally don't know what to say.
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