When does Laura Muir race in 1500m? Semi-final and final schedule at Tokyo Olympics

Team GB has two women through to the semi-finals of the 1500m
By Tom Harle in Tokyo
2nd Aug 2021, 3:23pm
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 02: Winny Chebet of Team Kenya, Freweyni Gebreezibeher of Team Ethiopia, Laura Muir of Team Great Britain and Gabriela Debues-Stafford of Team Canada compete in round one of the Women's 1500m heats on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 02, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 02: Winny Chebet of Team Kenya, Freweyni Gebreezibeher of Team Ethiopia, Laura Muir of Team Great Britain and Gabriela Debues-Stafford of Team Canada compete in round one of the Women's 1500m heats on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 02, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 02: Winny Chebet of Team Kenya, Freweyni Gebreezibeher of Team Ethiopia, Laura Muir of Team Great Britain and Gabriela Debues-Stafford of Team Canada compete in round one of the Women's 1500m heats on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 02, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Laura Muir came out smiling from her first skirmish in a bid for Olympic gold in the women’s 1500m.

Having watched training partner Jemma Reekie reach the 800m final, a distance she dropped from her programme, Muir had to come through her heat in incredibly humid conditions.

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The 28-year-old dominated the front of the race alongside another former training partner in Canadian Gabriela Debues-Stafford and finishing second to seal safe passage.

“All of my flatmates have raced already so I was just really eager to go out there and start,” said Muir.

“It was quite quick but it felt fine. It didn’t feel that fast so that’s good. I just wanted to qualify for the next round as comfortably as possible.

“So that felt really good out there and I am looking forward to the semi-final.”

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Muir went through 400m in a leisurely 1:07.7 and grasped the impetus alongside Debues-Stafford at the 800m mark.

Kenya’s Winny Chebet offered close company in the final stages but the pair could ease down, Muir finishing with 4:03.89.

The reigning European champion will be joined in Wednesday’s semi-finals by Team GB team-mate Katie Snowden, who ran a personal best of 4:02.77 to advance.

It has been a good start for the middle-distance women with Reekie, Keely Hodgkinson and Alexandra all reaching the 800m final, the first time a Team GB trio have ever done so.

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“It’s fantastic, I am so happy for all three of them,” Muir said of their achievement. “It’s brilliant that we’ve got that strength and depth there.”

When is the 1500m semi-final and final?

The women’s 1500m semi-finals are on Wednesday, starting at 11am GMT. Snowden is in the first semi-final followed by Muir in the second one.

The final then takes place on Friday at 1.50pm.

You can watch them live on BBC1 and Eurosport, and streamed on BBC iPlayer.

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