Ciara Mageean

The 34-year-old passed away after a battle with cancer. Tributes have been flooding in as funeral arrangements were announced for Olympic athlete Ciara Mageean. The 34-year-old passed away yesterday following a year and a half long battle with bowel cancer. According to a funeral notice published today by Safely Home, Mageean’s funeral will take place […]

1 week ago

Very powerful Ciara Mageean has opened up about coming to terms with her battle against stage-four cancer. Only last year, the Irish middle-distance runner revealed she received devastating news on Christmas eve that she might only live 2-3 more years due to stage-four bowel cancer. Mageean explained: “I found out on Christmas Eve that the consultant […]

5 months ago

Ciara Mageean was distraught but proud after an agonising fourth place finish in the world 1500m final. The Portaferry woman ran the race of her life in Budapest against some of the best athletes the sport has ever seen. Faith Kipyegon is the best female distance runner there has ever been, Sifan Hassan is right […]

3 years ago

Roll on the World Championships in 2023 and the Olympics in 2024. It feels strange to say it but in this kind of form, and with a bit of luck on her side, Ciara Mageean will be right up there. She’ll be right up there with as good a chance as anybody. We always have […]

4 years ago

“Wonderful to see such sportsmanship between these two athletes.” “My time will come,” Ciara Mageean confidently declared, not long after her fantastic second place finish in the European Championships. The Portaferry native shot out as the pace-setter in the Women’s 1500-metre final, in Munich, and had enough left in the tank to push Olympic silver […]

4 years ago

Ciara Mageean ran the best race of her life to win the silver medal in the European 1500m in Munich. For a while, as she led from the gun and then stalked Laura Muir’s move at the bell, it looked like she might even take the gold but as she says herself, that’s for another […]

4 years ago