Ciara Mageean

2022 - 9 - 9

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Ciara Mageean shines in Diamond League to claim second (Irish Examiner)

Mageean finished second in the 1500m at the Diamond League final in Zurich tonight, clocking 4:01.68 to come home behind Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon of ...

Only two Irish athletes – Frank O’Mara in 1985 and Sinéad Delahunty in 1995 – have ever won the event. But I came in (to Zurich) thinking, ‘I have nothing to lose, just get up there and be competitive.’ The performance capped a magnificent month for Mageean, who won silver at both the Commonwealth Games and Europeans before taking two seconds off Sonia O’Sullivan’s national 1500m record in Brussels last week with her 3:56.63. Mageean got shuffled back in the pack on the penultimate lap but surged approaching the bell as the gears began to shift up front. It makes the 4:01 even more impressive that I was finishing so strong.” It wasn’t the fastest race of Ciara Mageean’s career, but all things considered, this was likely the best.

Ciara Mageean takes second in Diamond League finale as ... (The Irish Times)

Billed as one of the best women's fields assembled anywhere, victory duly went to the two-time World and Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon, who ends her season ...

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce also won a fifth Diamond League trophy, the Jamaican winning the 100m in 10,65 seconds. Mageean recovered from a slight chop with 900m to go, Kipyegon hitting the front from 1,200m, passed in 3:18.38, before closing with that 57-second final quarter. She also finishes the season with the fourth fastest time over the distance, behind Kipyegon, Tsegay and Muir. Given that minimal race schedule, Kipyegon came to Zurich saying it was all about winning, not records, and so it proved. It is really special to race here, this is Zurich, and you can really hear it out there.” Other final winners on the night were a blend of old and new, Kirani James from Grenada winning his third Diamond Trophy, 11 years after his first, taking the 400m in 44.26, after world and Olympic silver medallist Marileidy Paulino from the Domican Republic won the women’s 400m in a world-leading time of 48.99.

Ciara Mageean produces another fine run to finish second behind ... (Independent.ie)

Ciara Mageean produced another magnificent performance to finish second in the 1500m at the Diamond League final in Zurich tonight, the 30-year-old clocking ...

Muir – who won bronze in the world 1500m final in Oregon in July and gold at both the Commonwealth Games and Europeans last month – finished fifth in 4:02.31, while Tsegay, the world 1500m silver medallist, was sixth in 4:02.41. Mageean positioned herself behind Kipyegon from the outset as the pacemaker went through 400m in 64 seconds and 800m in 2:11, with the field several metres behind and running at a relatively pedestrian pace. Tonight’s race in Zurich had gathered Kipyegon – widely regarded as the best female 1500m runner of all time – along with Tokyo Olympic medallists Laura Muir and Gudaf Tsegay.

Second place for brilliant Mageean behind Olympic champion in ... (The42)

CIARA MAGEEAN HAS secured a brilliant second place in the 1,500m at tonight's Diamond League event in Zurich, crossing the line just behind World and ...

Ciara Mageean has finished 2nd to Faith Kipyegon in a stacked CIARA MAGEEAN HAS secured a brilliant second place in the 1,500m at tonight’s Diamond League event in Zurich, crossing the line just behind World and Olympic Champion Faith Kipyegon in a stacked 1,500m final. The Portaferry star produced yet another world class display to cross in 4.01.68, finishing ahead of a star-studded field.

Mageean shines again to take second in Zurich (RTE.ie)

A week after breaking Sonia O'Sullivan's long-standing Irish 1500m record, the Portaferry athlete shone again but she could not reel in the brilliant Olympic ...

Fraser-Pryce avenged a rare defeat by fellow Jamaican Shericka Jackson in Brussels this month to cross the line in 10.65 seconds. Ethiopia's Werkuha Getachew capitalised on a mistake by Winfred Yavi at the final barrier to win the women's 3000m steeplechase crown. Last week, Mageean took three and a half seconds off her PB and over two seconds off the Irish record with a stunning run that saw her Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce stormed to victory in the women's 100 metres to claim her fifth win in the season-ending event. Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen dominated the men's 1500m, shaving three-hundredths of a second off his world leading time this year to take the title in 3:29.02. The final was the climax of 12 global competitions in which athletes accumulated points for the opportunity to battle for the title of Diamond League Champion.

Ciara Mageean's latest exceptional run sees her take second in ... (Irish Mirror)

Ciara Mageean continues to be in the form of her life after taking second in the 1500m Diamond League final in a time of 4:01.68.

Promoted Stories It's been an incredible few weeks for the 30-year-old who is finally consistently performing at her best week in and week out having toiled through injury-plagued years as well as having to overcome anxiety issues that she battled early in her career. Early on, she was in the slip stream of Kipyegon before appearing to tail away. It was the latest in a string of brilliant performances that includes her smashing Sonia O'Sullivan national record over the distance in a victory last week where she The Portaferry star pipped a number of competitors to the line while Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya took a comfortable victory easing up in 4:00.44. Ciara Mageean continues to be in the form of her life after taking second in the 1500m Diamond League final in a time of 4:01.68.