LAURA MUIR: MIDDLE-DISTANCE RUNNER

If you think sprinting for 30 seconds is hard, imagine *almost* sprinting for nearly four minutes. Laura Muir has broken the British record in the 1,500m twice, with it now sitting at 3:55:22. She’s also in the world’s all-time top 20 for mile records, running one mile in 4:18:03 (for context, the average pace for a woman running one mile is nearly 10 minutes).

Inverness-born Muir didn’t place for a medal at the 2016 games so this year could be her chance to get her hands on some Olympic metal.