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Muir sets world leading time,Team GB celebrate successful Diamond League meeting

Laura Muir set a world leading time of 3:57.86 as she cruised to victory in the women's 1500m. Michael Steele/Getty Images

Great Britain's Jemma Reekie and Laura Muir starred in a successful day for British athletes at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting with wins in the 800 metres and 1500m.

Reekie, 22, secured her fourth victory this season in one minute 59.68 seconds while European champion Muir set a world leading time of 3:57.86 as she cruised to victory in the women's 1500m.

Laura Weightman and Melissa Courtney-Bryant came second and third behind Muir to ensure an all-British podium.

Holly Bradshaw cleared 4.69m in the pole vault to take home gold while Adam Gemili won the 200m in 20.61 seconds.

Team Great Britain's Laviai Nielson came second behind Wadeline Jonathas in the 400m with a time of 52.16 seconds.

Norwegian sprinter Karsten Warholm broke his own European record in the 400m hurdles, clocking a time of 46.87 seconds that was just 0.09 seconds off the world record that has stood for 28 years.

The 24-year-old improved his previous best in the discipline by five hundredths of a second but clipped the final hurdle as he came up short of the world record of 46.78 set by America's Kevin Young at the Barcelona Olympics in August 1992.

Warholm ended his day by coasting to victory in the 400m, setting a time of 45.05 on a blustery afternoon that made conditions difficult for many of the athletes on show.

Information from Reuters contributed to this report.