Ciara Mageean makes long-awaited return to international scene

For Ciara Mageean, the road to Rio runs through Amsterdam, and the journey starts today. 

The 24-year-old will make her long-awaited return to international competition in the heats of the women’s 1500m this evening, the first time in four years she has represented her country.

Mageean was a world junior silver medallist over 1500m in 2010 and widely touted as the future of Irish athletics, but her career was derailed by chronic injury problems in recent years.