The heavily-anticipated matchup between Germany’s Konstanze Klosterhalfen and Great Britain’s Laura Muir in Friday’s European Indoor Championships 3,000m lived up to its lofty billing all the way to the final lap, at which point Muir unleashed a wicked sprint that Klosterhalfen could not challenge at all. Muir’s 8:30.61 winning time broke the championship record, while Klosterhalfen had to settle for second in 8:34.06.

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Muir was content to let Klosterhalfen do all the leading up until the final circuit. The pair ran in a virtual lockstep for most of the race, and by the 2k split had separated from the rest of the field. Klosterhalfen surely had designs on shaking Muir before the bell to defend against her kick, and she tried her best with a 2:13.57 800m split between 2k and 2,800m (8:20 3k pace).

But with the 25-year-old from Scotland— running in front of a home crowd in Glasgow— ripping a 28.32 last 200m, it’s no wonder that the German was relegated to runner-up behind Muir for the second consecutive European Indoor Championships (Muir beat Klosterhalfen for 1,500m Euro Indoor gold in 2017.) Muir is one of the best finishers in the world, and despite KoKo’s remarkable indoor season, which included a 4:19 mile and 8:32 3k, she has yet to develop anything close to the type of finishing ability shown today by her European rival.

Klosterhalfen’s last lap was clocked at 31.56 seconds.

The race got off to a modest start, and when Klosterhalfen passed halfway in the lead at 4:25.40, it appeared that a fast time was out the window. But the slow start allowed Muir to close out the race with a series of astonishing splits; propelled by a blistering 2:41.77 final kilometer, the Scot ran the second 1,500m in 4:05, four seconds faster than she ran to win her 1,500m heat just two and a half hours prior.

Laura Muir's 1500m splits in the 3000m final: 4:25/4:05!

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Great Britain’s Melissa Courtney took the bronze medal in 8:38.22.