Irish hope Ciara Mageean bows out in heats at World Athletics Championships

Ireland’s World Athletics Championships campaign has got off to a difficult start at London’s Olympic Stadium, with Ciara Mageean bowing out of the women’s 1500 metres in the first-round heats, reports Will Downing from London.

Ireland’s World Athletics Championships campaign has got off to a difficult start at London’s Olympic Stadium, with Ciara Mageean bowing out of the women’s 1500 metres in the first-round heats, reports Will Downing from London.

The European bronze-medallist from Amsterdam last year came home in 13 th position, looking somewhat out of sorts, in 4:10.60 – seven seconds outside her season’s best and nine seconds away from her lifetime best.