cross country
Laura Muir yesterday began a busy 2019 schedule by anchoring Great Britain to victory in the Great Stirling Cross Country mixed relay.
Fellow Scot Jamie Williamson and English pair Alex Bell and Phil Sesemann handed Muir a lead she was never going to lose as she romped home.
Muir, 25, ran four minutes and 38 seconds for the final kilometre, as GB finished in 17 minutes and 36 seconds.
Europe finished second and took overall victory, with United States in third.
“The team set it up great for me and I just had to be strong at the finish,” Muir said.
“I love racing on home soil, so it was a great opportunity.”
Earlier, Britain’s Charlotte Arter led the women’s 6K race heading into the final lap, but ultimately had to settle for second place behind German Elena Burkard, competing for Europe.
American Hillary Bor took the men’s 8K title in a dramatic sprint finish, with the first four runners all completing within a second of each other.
Bor edged out Eritrean-born Swede Napoleon Solomon, competing for Europe, in an uphill finale to win in 23 minutes and 48 seconds, with Moroccan-born Spaniard Adel Mechaal and KenyanAmerican Leonard Korir, winner of the event in Edinburgh for the past two years, third and fourth respectively in 23:49.