Gillick on Mageean: Diamond League win primes Ciara for Olympic medal run

The win meant Mageean secured a spot in tonight’s Diamond League final in Zurich
Gillick on Mageean: Diamond League win primes Ciara for Olympic medal run

MEDAL CHANCE: David Gillick says Mageean is now one of Ireland's best medal hopefuls. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

To some it came as a shock, but for David Gillick, Ciara Mageean’s Irish 1500m record and victory at the Brussels Diamond League last week was not a bolt from the blue. 

“I’m not overly surprised that she ran fast,” he says. “There were things there which would suggest that she was in very good form and obviously she just needed that kind of race. You could see, tactically, she was running really well, getting close to the likes of Laura Muir.” 

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