Tokyo wait can ensure Muir’s great at Olympics
LAURA MUIR believes delaying last year’s Olympics has given her a better chance of glory.
The Scot insists she is now more “robust” ahead of the rescheduled Games in Tokyo this summer.
Her 2019 season was disrupted by calf and Achilles problems and Muir finished fifth in the 1500m at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, despite running her second-fastest time.
But after the enforced delay amid the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the double European Indoor 1500 and 3000m champion has reaped the benefits.
Muir said: “I’m certainly in a better position than if the Olympics were last year.
“As much as it was a real disappointment for everything to be postponed, the overall picture has worked out for me, luckily.
“It’s helped me, I had a lot of issues heading into Doha and off the back of it, the issue with my Achilles, and I wasn’t in spikes for a number of weeks.
“This time last year I was just getting back into things but now I’m in a much stronger position than I was. Luckily having the last year we were able to build on things to make me more robust.
“We’ve incorporated strength and conditioning into training, specific areas which I’m targeting. You don’t want to fatigue too much but if there was an area where I was weaker I could strengthen it so I’m not so susceptible.
“I managed to fit in one race in the indoor season and that went well. I’ve been doing a big training block around Glasgow so it’s been nice. We’ve been able to plough on pretty well, I have a lot of gym equipment in the house.”