Richard Kilty and Laura Muir win gold for Great Britain at European Indoor Championships
Saturday 4 March 2017 21:22, UK
Richard Kilty made it two gold medals in just over an hour for Great Britain at the European Indoor Championships by defending his men's 60m title swiftly after Laura Muir had won the women's 1500m.
Kilty, 27, who won the indoor title in Prague in 2015, stormed to victory in 6.54 seconds on Saturday evening, after a false start which had seen team-mate Andrew Robertson disqualified in Belgrade.
It came hot on the heels of Muir's triumph, the 23-year-old Scot completing the first part of her double gold mission by winning the 1500m in a championship record, British record and personal best of four minutes 2.39 seconds at the Kombank Arena to secure her first major crown.
Muir - who has set three European records already this year - was the favourite to win and dominated the race, winning by over two seconds, ahead of Sunday's 3,000m final.
The 23-year-old Scot said: "It has been a long time coming. It feels like the last few years, it's slipped past. But now it's a medal and I'm so happy.
"We'll see how it goes in the 3,000m but I think I've broken the ice there. It gives me a lot of confidence to be able to stand on the podium, let alone the top, so I'm really pleased. It'll give me a lot of confidence for (Sunday) and
later on in the year.
"I'm going to have to hang on (on Sunday). Hopefully I can come away with a gold, but I've had a pretty hard weekend. I'd love to come away with double gold but we'll see how the legs go. If I can get on the podium, I'll be happy."
Earlier, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke reached Sunday's 800m final, Morgan Lake finished last in the high jump and Laviai Nielsen was fourth in the women's 400m final.
