Milnathort’s Laura Muir has unfinished Commonwealth Games business this summer.
The former Kinross High School student has, as expected, been named in Scotland’s athletics squad for the Birmingham 2022 event which begins later this month.
Muir competed in the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games but missed out four years later due to veterinary exams at university.
Now the Olympic 1500m silver medallist is fully focused on the track and targeting a special performance down south. She is signed up for both the 800m and 1500m.
“I’ve seen my own situation around Birmingham described as ‘unfinished business’ and I have to agree with that,” Muir said as the team was announced on Friday.
“I was very young at Glasgow 2014 but it still didn’t go the way I had hoped in that 1500m final at Hampden.
“Four years later, as Gold Coast 2018 came around, I was in the very last stages of completing my degree at university and the final exams clashed with the Commonwealths.
“So that has been in my mind for some time and I’d dearly love to win a medal for Team Scotland at Birmingham 2022. Getting on that podium wearing the Scotland vest is very much a goal.”
Muir, a role model for youngsters locally and across the country, will have her family in the stands in Birmingham.
“My family will be here and there’s a large contingent making travel plans,” she said.
“When you get that family support in the stadium it can mean so much. It’s not Glasgow and it’s not Scotland but it is as close as you can get, really, so I am really looking forward to having that backing in the Alexander Stadium.”
Team Scotland has announced a 33-strong athletics team to compete at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The team reflects a strong Scottish presence in global athletics and includes 11 athletes set to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the upcoming World Championships in Eugene later this month.
The Team Scotland athletics squad for Birmingham is led by team manager Julie Mollison and head coach Mark Pollard.
“We’re delighted with the Team Scotland selection announcement and 33 athletes now confirmed for Birmingham 2022,” said Pollard.
“Being picked for Scotland for a Commonwealth Games is always an exciting moment and we congratulate athletes, their coaches and their families on selection.
“We acknowledge, too, the huge role played by numerous Scottish clubs in the development of these athletes over a number of years.
“It bears repetition on these occasions that success in athletics isn’t achieved overnight or anything like it.
“In so many cases, this is the culmination of many years of hard work, good coaching and development work by clubs along the pathway.”
