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Scotland’s Laura Muir will run the 5,000m at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as she aims to be “as strong as possible” for the major events up to the 2028 Olympics.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 33-year-old won 1500m gold for Scotland at the 2022 Games in Birmingham, but that event is not on the schedule at Scotstoun Stadium this summer.<\/p>\n
But rather than compete in the mile, the closest to the 1500m and event for which she holds the British record, Muir is going up in distance.<\/p>\n
“Doing the 5k hopefully makes my endurance that a little bit stronger and hopefully help that 1500m,” she told BBC Scotland. <\/p>\n
“[The]1500m is getting tougher and tougher, the event is getting so strong now so I just want to try and be as strong as possible for these next two years.<\/p>\n
“We’ve got the world championships next year, Olympic Games in 2028 so this is all part of the bigger picture, a little bit of an experiment year to see how things go.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n