'it's Crazy' - Calvert Shocks Muir At Uk Championships

Sarah Calvert "didn't expect that to ever happen" arsenic she hit Olympic metallic medallist Laura Muir to nan 1500m title successful nan biggest upset of nan UK Athletics Championships.

The 24-year-old Livingston AC runner's individual champion is 15 seconds worse than her chap Scot.

But, conscionable arsenic Muir looked to beryllium bursting done connected nan wrong to overtake Revee Walcott-Nolan and Erin Wallace successful nan last straight, Calvert powered past each 3 connected nan extracurricular to triumph nan biggest title of her career.

Having been told that her triumph was described arsenic "unbelievable, nan communicative of nan weekend, a fairytale" during BBC Sport's unrecorded commentary, Calvert said: "I deliberation they're beautiful acurate."

Her triumph successful Birmingham came a week aft she took metallic astatine nan Summer World University Games successful Germany.

"I thought past play astatine nan world juniors was a large breakthrough, but this is crazy," she told Scottish Athletics.

"It's crazy. I didn't expect that to ever happen, ne'er mind this year."

With nan UK Championships doubling arsenic nan British tests for nan World Championships successful Tokyo adjacent month, it turned into a slow, tactical race.

Calvert's winning clip of 4:16.27 was 8 seconds slower than her ain individual best, pinch England's Walcott-Nolan finishing 3rd and Giffnock's Wallace edged into fourth.

"I cognize a slow, tactical title decidedly plays into my hands," she added.

"These girls person overmuch faster PBs than me, truthful if they went retired to effort to tally 3.55, I wouldn't beryllium capable to instrumentality pinch it, truthful erstwhile it goes slower, it levels retired nan playing field."