Mageean 11th in Diamond League Final as Kipyegon shines

After a record-breaking season, Ciara Mageean had to be content with 11th in the 1500m at the Diamond League Final in Eugene, Oregon in a race where she admitted she “just didn’t feel herself.” 31-year-old Mageean, who ran 4:03.09, shared over Instagram that the final was “not the race I wanted today…but I’ve had an amazing season this year, so …

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Ciara Mageean breaks own national 1500m record in Brussels

It was another brilliant performance for Ciara Mageean as she broke her own national 1500m record yet again at the Diamond League meeting in Brussels Friday night. Mageean ran 3:55.87 — the 24th fastest 1500m ever — to finish in second behind Scotland’s Laura Muir (3:55.34), knocking nearly a second off her previous national record set at the Word Championships …

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Irish 4×400 relay team finishes 8th in World Final

Ireland’s 4x400m team has finished eighth in this evening’s relay final which rounds out a hugely successful nine days for Team Ireland at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest (Aug 27th). The team of Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock A.C.), Roisin Harrison (Emerald A.C.), Kelly McGrory (Tir Chonaill A.C.) and Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport A.C.) crossed in a time of 3:27.08, having …

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Mageean is 4th in the world with new national 1500m record

Ciara Mageean (City of Lisburn AC) has produced the run of her life on the biggest stage Tuesday evening, breaking her own Irish record with a stunning 3:56.61 to finish in 4th place in this evening’s 1500m final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest (Aug 22nd). The Portaferry athlete, who was ranked ninth on her season’s best, ran a tactically …

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Ciara Mageean through to 1500m World Final as Sarah Healy breaks u23 national record

Ciara Mageean (City of Lisburn AC) lit up Sunday evening’s session of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest with a textbook semi-final display to book her place in Tuesday’s 1500m final. Racing in the first of the two semi-finals, the Portaferry athlete never looked like being run out of the top six automatic qualifying places, ultimately crossing the finish in …

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Spectacular start for Team Ireland as 4×400 team make World Finals, Mageean and Healy through to Semi-Final

Team Ireland have had a spectacular start on the first day of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest as the mixed 4x400m team of Jack Raftery, Sophie Becker, Christopher O’Donnell, and Sharlene Mawdsley secured their place in this evening’s final with a brilliant 3:13.90 season’s best. Raftery lead the team out on the opening leg before smooth handovers to Becker …

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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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Sophie O’Sullivan goes third on the Irish 1000m all-time list

Sophie O’Sullivan ran the 1000m in 2:37.08 at the Citius meeting in Bern tonight (August 4), setting a new personal best for herself and going third on the Irish all-time list — behind only her legendary mother Sonia O’Sullivan (2:34.66) and Ciara Mageean (2:31.06), who broke Sonia’s then-27-year-old record in 2020. Sophie’s push in the last 100m won her fourth …

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Rhasidat Adeleke withdraws from National Championships “based on medical advice”

Rhasidat Adeleke has joined Ciara Mageean in withdrawing from this weekend’s 123.ie National Track and Field Championships due to medical concerns. Mageean’s manager said in a statement that the decision was “a precautionary measure as she had a niggle” after her national record-breaking mile run in Monaco last week. She came in second in that race, behind only Faith Kipyegon’s …

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