Ciara Mageean

Ciara Mageean produced the best performance of her career to smash Sonia O'Sullivan's Irish 1500m record and take victory at the Diamond League meeting in Brussels tonight, the 30-year-old clocking 3:56.63. Mageean's time carved more than two seconds ...

“I was in lane two a bit away from the action, I just had to focus on my on lane, but in the last ten metres I could have done with some company,” said O’Donnell. I wanted to win, but in this field, I’m happy with this performance.” “I was in lane two a bit away from the action, I just had to focus on my own lane, but in the last 10 metres I could have done with some company,” said O’Donnell. To be in the same realm as Sonia O’Sullivan, she’s a name everybody knows, not just in Ireland but globally, and to surpass her time is something I’ve always dreamed of. I felt like I was running on clouds – it was amazing.” That Irish record has been in my sights a long time.

Mageean takes the scalp of Britain's Laura Muir and breaks the four-minute mark for the first time.

A terrific win by Ciara Mageean at the Brussels Diamond League meeting on Friday night saw her smash the long-standing Irish 1,500 metres record which had stood to Sonia O’Sullivan since 1995. It caps a brilliant season for the 30-year-old Mageean, who missed several weeks of racing at the start of the summer due to injury and also Covid, the Portaferry women now moving into properly world-class territory with her 3:56.63, a rare victory for an Irish athlete at a Diamond League meeting to boot. More importantly from Mageean, it took over two seconds off that previous Irish 1,500m record belonging to O’Sullivan, the 3:58.85 she ran in Monte Carlo way back in 1995.

Ciara Mageean has smashed Sonia O'Sullivan's 1500m National record and defeated arch rival Laura Muir at tonight's Diamond League meeting in Brussels.

Mageean had had a magical summer on the track and last night's big win is a shock to no-one. O'Sullivan's record had stood since July 1995, when the future Olympic Silver medalist ran a time of 3.58.85 at the Herculis meet in Monaco. It was a masterful performance from Mageean who hung back in fourth position until the beginning of the final lap.

Ciara Mageean has broken the Irish 1500m record to claim gold at the Diamond League in Brussels. Mageean's time of 3:56.63 bests the previous record set in ...

Ciara Mageean has smashed Sonia O’Sullivan’s 1995 1500m with a stunning win at this evening’s Ciara Mageean has broken the Irish 1500m record to claim gold at the Diamond League in Brussels. 💥NEW NATIONAL 1500M RECORD FOR CIARA MAGEEAN 💥