Jemma Reekie and Laura Muir storm to Diamond League victories in Stockholm

Jemma Reekie and Laura Muir storm to Diamond League victories in Stockholm

Reekie continues fine season for Britain’s 800m runnersFellow Scot Muir kicks to convincing 1500m win

Jemma Reekie continued a sensational season of 800m running for Britain’s women as she led home four sub-two minute runners at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm.

Reekie’s run of 1:57:79 means she now has the fourth- and ninth-best times of the year worldwide, in a top 10 list bookended by British runners, with Keely Hodgkinson’s 1:55:78 leading the way in 2024 and 17-year-old Phoebe Gill’s breakthrough run of 1:57:86 in 10th.

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