Ciara Mageean: ‘I’m a clean athlete and that’s all I concern myself with’

This wasn’t an easy assignment for Ciara Mageean, for reasons that run far deeper than performance alone. Either way, it was one she passed with flying colours here at the World Championships in Doha.

Less than 48 hours after renowned coach Alberto Salazar was banned for four years by the US Anti-Doping Agency, Mageean was forced to line up alongside his star athlete, Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands, in the 1500m heats.