MUIR READY TO FIRE BACK IN ROME TEST

LAURA MUIR will hunt her first conquest of Rome at tonight's Golden Gala meeting as the perfect rebound from a rare heavy defeat.

- MARK WOODS

The Olympic silver medallist, who finished 11th at the previous Diamond League stop in Oregon 12 days ago, runs the 1500 metres against Ethiopia's in-form Hirut Meshesha and Northern Ireland's Ciara Mageean.

It is set to be the Scot's penultimate tune-up before this month's British Championships with a trip to Oslo on the cards next week.

And even as she edges back to full fitness from a hip injury, Muir remains intent on a treble that includes her pursuit of world, European and Commonwealth crowns in quick succession this summer.