Ciara Mageean smashes Sonia O’Sullivan’s 1000m Irish record

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Ciara Mageean smashed the Irish 1000 metres record in Monaco on Friday night, carving three seconds off Sonia O’Sullivan’s 27-year-old mark to clock 2:31.06.

The 28-year-old finished third behind Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya (2:30.82) and British star Laura Muir (2:30.82) in what was the best performance of her career.