Muir is ready to give her all again and grasp second chance of glory

● Scot has only run 5,000m twice but is determined to make up for 1,500m agony

Laura Muir admits that the 5,000m remains a bit of a leap into the unknown for her but has vowed to give every ounce of effort once again as she tries to go better than the agonising fourth place in her favourite 1,500m.

The Scot lost the bronze medal by just seven hundredths of a second as South Africa’s champion 800m runner Caster Semenya pipped her on the line at the end of a dramatic world championships final in London on Monday night.

The 24-year-old student vet from Milnathort must shake off that disappointment and embrace the fact that she has another shot at doing what only one other Scot has done before her and win an individual world medal.

As it stands it is another from Dundee Hawkhill Harriers who holds that distinction, with Liz Mccolgan’s iconic 10,000m gold in Tokyo back in 1991 remaining the only time a solo Scot has got on the podium at an event which has been running since 1983.

The total number of Scots to win medals at the world championship is an exclusive club, with Dougie Walker in the 1997 4x100m relay the only male member. Lee Mcconnell already had a couple of relay gongs before getting another two upgraded recently, while Eilidh Doyle’s 4x400m bronze from Moscow two years ago is now a silver.

There was hope that double European indoor champion Muir could add to that on Monday, tempered by the fact that she had missed the