Euroepan Athletics Championships Archives - SportsNewsIreland https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/tag/euroepan-athletics-championships Sports News, Live GAA scores, GAA fixtures Sat, 20 Aug 2022 20:00:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.sportsnewsireland.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sni-icon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Euroepan Athletics Championships Archives - SportsNewsIreland https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/tag/euroepan-athletics-championships 32 32 229439223 Ciara Mageean wins European 1500m silver medal https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/news/ciara-mageean-wins-european-1500m-silver-medal https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/news/ciara-mageean-wins-european-1500m-silver-medal#respond Fri, 19 Aug 2022 19:43:28 +0000 https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/?p=25355 Ciara Mageean claimed a silver medal in the 1500 metres final at the European Athletics  Championships in Munich on Friday night. The Portaferry athlete, who recently took silver in the event at the Commonwealth Games, chased home Laura Muir again on this occasion. In an exciting final, the Irishwoman took up the early running before […]

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]]> Ciara Mageean claimed a silver medal in the 1500 metres final at the European Athletics  Championships in Munich on Friday night.

The Portaferry athlete, who recently took silver in the event at the Commonwealth Games, chased home Laura Muir again on this occasion.

In an exciting final, the Irishwoman took up the early running before Muir took the lead with two laps of the three-and-three-quarter lap contest remaining.

With Scot Muir winning in 4:01.08, 30-year-old Mageean crossed the line in a season’s best time of 4:02.56. Poland’s Sofia Ennaoui took bronze in 4:03.59.

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