Laura Muir has European double gold in her sights
She is yet to win a top senior medal.
Laura Muir insists she is out to win medals – not break records – as she looks for her first senior triumph in Serbia.
The 23-year-old is tipped to win a 1,500 metres and 3,000 metres double at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade this weekend.
Muir is yet to win a top senior medal after previous disappointment at major championships.
She finished seventh at last year’s Olympics and also came fourth and fifth at the 2015 European Indoors and World Championships respectively having been tipped for the podium.
Muir has already set the European records for the 1,000m and 3,000m this year – becoming the second fastest woman over 1,000m – but now wants medals.
“It’s great to be breaking records but then records are there to be broken,” she said, ahead of Friday’s heats.
“I want to be one of the big athletes out there with medals against their name so I’d love to get a couple of medals on the table and that will give me a lot of confidence to head on.
“That’s my main goal for the event, to get two golds. I have to run the best race I can.
“We’ve planned for these championships. Andy my coach has been very good in making sure everything is being put in place and is perfect and I’m in great shape for that time.
“So I think there’s no reason why I shouldn’t be able to put in a really good two races in Belgrade.”
Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes has backed Muir for success, but the Scot distanced herself from any comparisons to Holmes, who won the 800m and 1,500m at the Athens Olympics in 2004.
“Everyone is their own athlete. You don’t really want to compare yourself to other people,” said Muir, who is also training to be a vet.
“You don’t want to disappoint yourself. I think you’ve got to run to the best of your ability really.
“Kelly’s a double Olympic gold medallist. I don’t know I’ll emulate that very quickly. If I could match it that would be pretty cool.”
