BIRMINGHAM, Aug 8 — Scotland’s Laura Muir ended her Commonwealth Games campaign with a flourish by winning gold in the 1500m on the final day of the athletics competition in Birmingham.

The 29-year-old’s team-mate, 10,000m champion Eilish McColgan, just failed make it a memorable double, finishing second behind Kenya’s impressive world silver medallist Beatrice Chebet in the 5,000m.