Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final (2/25) Thread (+ mini prediction contest)

Is this a little bit of a duck from Muir/the organizers? She can run the 3000 and the 800 which both have some pretty stiff competition in them (Hodgkinson, Yarigo, Bisset in the 800, Tseguy and Klosterhalfen in the 3000) but she gets a 1000m vs a nothing field?

She's had better indoor seasons where she has tried for the indoor WR in the 1000m and missed so don't see how she'd get it this year when she seems a bit underoocked.

I'd much rather see her head to head vs Hodgkinson or Tseguy rather than yet another WR attempt with low chance of success.

(just watch her go and run a blinder and make me eat my words after typing this).

The most prestigious is Liévin without any doubt, not only theoretically but also practically, not Birmingham.

Muir has said she trained through her earlier races, she often does this early season, which would explain the form to date. We'll see today!

Yes she could've done 800 or 3k but Muir is not one to duck competition ever and she said in a recent interview that this 1k WR has been niggling at her for some time

Laura Muir doesn't duck anyone. She races whether she's fully fit or not. She's already run a a 3k and a mile this season, winning both. She'll then go to Euro Indoor Champs after Birmingham.

She was announced for the 1k ages ago when there were no other athletes announced for the meet. I think she's going for it because she's been close in the past and it's the only WR that is realistically open to her.

There's plenty of athletes I think duck competition, but not Muir

Yes, the 1k WR attempt had been broadcasted a long time ago. I still think they should have bribed/convinced Hodgkinson to run in that race instead of pacers and runners who could not even try to challenge Muir.

New British record for Dina Asher-Smith in the 60m heats.

W 3000 2:10 at 800

3:15 at 1200

4:06 at 1500

5:30 at 2000

8:16.7 just 0.1 behind WR......

Tsegay if there was any question

with better quality pacers that would've gone down

Or maybe if she didn't have to lap someone near the end.

Anyone got a decent link?

Gurley 3:32.49

New British and Irish records

Kerr went for it but did not have it on last lap as 4 passed him. 3:34.9 for him I think

He did provide perfect pacing for the rest, though.