IRELAND’S CIARA MAGEEAN has won gold in the 1500m at the European Championships in Rome tonight.
The Portaferry native ran a race of 4.04.66 to come home in first place, with Georgia Bell (4.05.33) in second and Agathe Guillemot (4.05.69) in third.
She crucially found a gap between the British pair of Bell and Jemma Reekie, and was able to kick for home in the straight.
It was a magnificent success for Mageean which she will cherish after a bronze medal finish in the European Championships in Amsterdam in 2016 and silver in Munich in 2022.
Ireland’s other competitor in the field Sarah Healy, finished seventh in a time of 4.06.77.
Gold 🥇 for Ciara Mageean in the women's 1500m final!!!☘️ #Roma2024
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) June 9, 2024
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CIARA MAGEEAN HAS DONE IT!!!!!🇮🇪🇮🇪🤩🤩
— Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) June 9, 2024
IT'S GOLD FOR IRELAND🥇
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Wow. That’s brilliant. Well done Ciara.
Amazing run by Ciara. She looked so comfortable and when that gap opened there was no other winner. Sonia esque.
What confidence that will bring her for Paris.
Brilliant run. Well done Ciara you are unstoppable.
That was one of the greatest Irish runs of all time. No nonsense. Burst by people. Took no prisoners. Epic. Over the moon
Fabulous interview from Ciara.
Brilliant athlete, congrats to Ciara, fantastic run and well done to Sarah Healy too.
Ciara you are not just a brilliant runner, you are a lovely person. So delighted for you.
Congratulations Ciara, incredible run and a richly deserved European Gold, you are just fantastic.
Bloody Brilliant! Loved the interview afterwards.
Absolutely brilliant from Ceara, and spoke so well after the race. What a role model for the young people of Ireland. 2 gold medals so far and a huge opportunity tomorrow for more!
Mná na hÉireann ar fheabhas ar fad i sna cluichí go dtí seo, agus seans go mbeidh bonn nó dhó eile againn amárach! Dochreidte!
@Pádraig Ó Cathasaigh: thaispeáin sí díograis agus crógacht. Chomh bródúil asti
@An tEoghanach: is maith liom uathar reoite.
@Ray Ridge: Anabaì, ní raibh tú in ann an focal a litriú i gceart fiú.
Amazing run so happy for u and u family
Was there a more deserving athlete of success as Ciara after all the sacrifice and dissapointment over her long career…sometimes the most deserving do have the success they deserve….and such an zlrish Girl too
Congratulations Ciara fantastic run!! Irish athletics looking strong going into the Olympics. Great to see
Well done Ciara, you have done your country proud!! Brilliant victory!!
What an awful loss to Camóige ..:)