The Only Brit

[Roland]

and she's Scottish Yes our Laura Muir.

 

Britain's Laura Muir has been nominated for this year's World Athletics Female Athlete of the Year award.

Muir, 27, is the quickest in the world over 1500m this season and set a new UK 1,000m record in August.

A month later the Scot ran a world-leading three minutes 57.40 seconds in Berlin over 1500m.

Of the 10 nominees, Muir is the only Briton in the running for the award, which was won last year by Dalilah Muhammad of the United States.

World Athlete of the Year - female nominees

Femke Bol (Netherlands), Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia), Sifan Hassan (Netherlands), Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya), Faith Kipyegon (Kenya), Laura Muir (Great Britain), Hellen Obiri (Kenya), Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela), Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica), Ababel Yeshaneh (Ethiopa)

World Athlete of the Year - male nominees

Donavan Brazier (USA), Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda), Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya), Ryan Crouser (USA), Mondo Duplantis (Sweden), Jacob Kiplimo (Uganda), Noah Lyles (USA), Daniel Stahl (Sweden), Johannes Vetter (Germany), Karsten Warholm (Norway)

[buster151]

Well done that girl, hope she wins