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Ciara Mageean, European 1500m champion and two-time Olympian, dies aged 34
Irish middle-distance runner Ciara Mageean, the 2024 European 1500m champion and a two-time Olympian, has died at the age of 34. A statement on her social media said she died at 6.30am on Sunday, 1 November, "surrounded by her loved ones", after a battle with cancer. Mageean, from Portaferry in County Down, Northern Ireland, was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in May 2025.