Scotland’s Laura Muir captures 1500m title at Commonwealth Games
The 29-year-old wound up the pressure with 500m to go and, despite the best efforts of Northern Ireland's Ciara Mageean, no one could live with her.
Muir finished in four minutes 2.76 seconds to add to her 800m bronze and win Scotland's 12th title of the Games.
Team-mate Eilish McColgan claimed silver with a gutsy run in the 5,000m.
McColgan, who won the 10,000m title on Wednesday, found herself with the Kenyan pair of Beatrice Chebet and Selah Busienei for the company in the closing stages.
The 31-year-old fought hard for track position amid the spikes and elbows but had no answer when the diminutive Chebet made a startling burst 200m from home.
World silver medallist Chebet claimed victory in 14:38.21 - nearly four seconds clear of McColgan.
"It was such a high, and it honestly has been so overwhelming,"said of her 10,000m victory.
"There's been so many athletes and staff from all nations telling me that they watched me, cheering me on and now every time I go to the dining room, I'm just crying.
"I'm so tired mentally and physically, but I'm proud of myself.
"We saw Laura [Muir's race] in the call room - it spurred me on hearing the crowd cheering for her in the last 200m - and I felt it too today."
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