Laura Muir secures Great Britain’s first medal at the World Athletics Championships

Laura Muir clinched Great Britain’s first medal of the World Championships with a powerful bronze in the 1500m.

The Scot clocked a season’s better of three minutes 55.28 seconds in Eugene on Monday night.

Kenya’s Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon took gold with Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia second.

Laura Muir clinched Great Britain’s first medal of the World Championships in the 1500m

Muir was concerned in a breakaway with Kipyegon, Tsegay and Hirut Meshesha virtually instantly as the race went out laborious at Hayward Field.

Meshesha was then dropped with over two laps to go as the medal-winning trio fought it out for his or her podium spots with Kipyegon taking the title.

Earlier, Katarina Johnson-Thompson completed eighth after she was unable to defend her heptathlon crown.

The 29-year-old earned 6222 factors after two days of competitors in Oregon with Nafi Thiam regaining the title after being crushed by Johnson-Thompson in 2019 forward of Anouk Vetter and Anna Hall.

The Scot clocked a season’s better of three minutes 55.28 seconds in Eugene on Monday 

After an injury-hit 18 months and a late change of coach she was not anticipated to retain the title she gained with a British report in Doha three years in the past.

It was additionally unrealistic to anticipate a podium problem and he or she completed 533 factors behind the medal locations.

Johnson-Thompson mentioned: ‘I really like the sport. Last 12 months set me again, life is not honest and I used to be questioning that. After the championships I wished to take time away from the sport, I do not wish to do that, how can or not it’s honest an Achilles can simply rupture?

‘This time I truly really feel I’ve obtained my starvation again. I’ve been away from the championships however it’s like I wish to put in the work and get again to the place I used to be.

‘As quickly as I completed I took in the second, it is a totally different mentality. It’ll be motivation for me via the winter.’

Katarina Johnson-Thompson completed eighth and was unable to defend her heptathlon crown

After day one left her sixth Johnson-Thompson mentioned she was in Eugene to struggle as she regains prime health and confidence however a poor lengthy soar of 6.28m pushed her additional again to seventh after accumulating 937 factors.

A greatest effort of 39.18m in the javelin noticed the Commonwealth Games champion lose additional floor and he or she ran two minutes 19.16 seconds in the 800m.

Defending champion Dina Asher-Smith shook off her 100m disappointment from Sunday to succeed in the 200m semi-final.

The 26-year-old, trying to retain the title she gained in Doha, ran 22.56 seconds lower than 24 hours after coming fourth in the 100m last regardless of equalling her British report time of 10.83 seconds.

She mentioned: ‘It’s a part of the job (shifting on from the 100m). It has been fairly simple. They are two fully totally different occasions.

‘Obviously I’d have cherished to have been on the podium for the 100m however I did some actually good runs and I’m pleased with that. This is a special occasion and you have to return prepared together with your A sport.’

Dina Asher-Smith shook off her 100m disappointment from Sunday to succeed in the 200m semis

Beth Dobbin ran 23.04 seconds and did not progress. Great Britain skipper Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake reached the males’s 200m semi-final in 20.11 seconds together with Joe Ferguson however Adam Gemili missed out.

Earlier, Jess Piasecki got here tenth in the marathon however Charlotte Purdue and Rose Harvey failed to complete.

Piasecki mentioned: ‘I’m comfortable initially to complete twelfth in the world. Obviously I used to be increased up however in the final 7km, the wheels most likely got here off slightly bit. But I gave it an actual good go and I fairly loved it.’

Meanwhile, Holly Bradshaw is a doubt for the Commonwealth Games after she suffered a big hamstring harm throughout a freak accident in Eugene.

Her pole snapped throughout her last follow soar forcing her to retire earlier than the competitors.

She wrote on Twitter: ‘I might be doing every thing in my energy to make it again in time for the Commonwealth Games however being solely 2 weeks away this isn’t a small job.’