Ciara Mageean 1500M Final: What You Need To Know

Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile Irish record setter Ciara Mageean is through to the 1500 World Championship final, tonight, August 22, at 20:30 Irish Standard Time (IST). Mageean is the only Irish competitor that made it through to the 1500m final. The 31-year old is currently ranked third in the world, according to World Athletics. Her personal best is 3:56.63, but …

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2023 World Athletics Championships: A Preview

Photo by Giancarlo Colombo/Sportsfile With the 2023 World Athletics Championships kicking off this Saturday, August 19, here is a preview of Team Ireland: The nine-day event, which will end on August 27, will see 23 Irish athletes compete. There are 16 individual entries and two relays: the Women’s 4x400m and the mixed 4x400m, which is relay with both men and …

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Top Performances From Irish Athletes On The International Stage

A few of Ireland’s top athletes gave outstanding performances at international competitions this past weekend. On Saturday (3 June) Shona Heaslip and Ide Nic Dhomhnaill placed first and second in the women’s B race at the European 10,000m Cup in Pacé, France. Kerry’s Shona Heaslip finished second with a season-best time of 33:26.96 while Ide Nic Dhomhnaill placed first and …

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David Gillick Shares His Delight At The Recent Success Of Irish Athletics On The International Scene

David Gillick, Irish international track and field star (and Hell Week contestant), is used to intense training, but on this week’s episode of The Her Sport Show the Athletics commentator admits that “The hardest part is getting off the couch and getting out…if you can put the trainers on, you’re halfway there.”  In the episode, Gillick shares the impact of …

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MAGEEAN RETURNS TO 1500M ACTION IN BRUSSELS

Ciara Mageean will take her place in a stacked 1500m Diamond League race in Brussels this evening, Friday September 2nd. It will be Mageean’s first appearance since her superb silver medal winning display at the European Championships in Munich last month. The Portaferry star will renew rivalry with Scotland’s Laura Muir, with the pair also joined by five other athletes …

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