Laura chips in with double

LAURA MUIR battered her rivals to make athletics history in Glasgow last night – then set her sights on fish and chips for dinner.

The flying Scot romped to 1500m gold to retain the title she won in Belgrade and become the first athlete ever to complete a European Indoor double-double, after winning the 3,000m on Friday.

Coming on the same night as Shelayna Oskan-Clarke (inset) claimed 800m gold, it gave Britain their bestever medal haul of 12 at these Championships.

Local hero Muir, who won the same two events two years ago, said: “Nobody can take that away. That’s it done. I’m the first person to do it. I might celebrate with a chippy.”

Britain’s previous record tally stood at 10, achieved both in 2017 and at Birmingham in 2007, the last time the event was staged on British soil.

In a glorious final session there were silvers for heptathlete Tim Duckworth, pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw, 800m star and chemistry teacher Jamie Webb, and the women’s relay quartet.

Oskan-Clarke, a former personal trainer from south London, went one better as she led from gun to tape to win the 800m in two minutes 02.58secs.

But the undoubted star of the show was Muir, with another dominant display. She said: “I set myself a big task and as it came closer and closer, I was thinking, ‘What have I done?’

“People were getting world leads and national records and the fields were much stronger than last time. But there was no way I wasn’t winning in front of this crowd.”

Muir left nothing to chance, going quickly to the front and taking control of the pace. She had the race in the bag with two laps to go but continued to pour on the power, hammering out a 57.58secs final 400m to triumph in 4:05.92.

Both history and the timetable were against the 25-year-old, with the 1500m heats having been scheduled on the same night as her 3,000m final.

But she took it all in her stride and it was fitting a fan threw a tiara onto the track as the coronation of track queen Muir was confirmed.

Her next target is a first global medal outdoors at the World Championships in Doha this September.

“I want to be on that podium,” she said. “I’ve shown that I’m competitive at world level.

“It’s just getting it right when it matters and I think I can do that.”