Mageean: 'I'm back fighting fit and ready to go to battle'

"I know I'm in the best shape I've ever been and I'll do everything out on that track.”

REARING TO GO: Ciara Mageean had a niggle which meant she withdrew for the National Games to be in top shape for the World Championships in Budapest. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

She’s been here before, but never quite like this. For the first time in her career, Ciara Mageean will go into a major global championship as a genuine medal contender, looking to carry her sparkling form on the circuit to the stage where it matters most.

“I'm going out there ready to go to battle,” she says of next week’s World Championships in Budapest. “I'm prepared to toe the line and give my all, the same as I ever do, and I know that I can mix it with the best in the world.”