UCD athelte Ciara Mageean squeezes through to 1500m final at European Indoor Athletics in Belgrade

Ciara Mageean gave Ireland an uplifting afternoon at the European Indoor Athletics in Belgrade – but she had to wait.

The UCD athlete, bronze-medallist outdoors in last summer’s Amsterdam Europeans, finished fourth in her 1500m semi-final to leave her in the precarious position of being third-fastest loser and hanging on in last place for the final.