Ciara Mageean: ‘I just felt numb. It wasn’t even sadness, it was just emptiness’
The Down athlete reflects on the devastation she felt at having to pull out of the Olympics on the eve of the Games and her intention to make Los Angeles in 2028 the pinnacle of her career
‘It wasn’t even sadness, it was just emptiness’: Ciara Mageean on the pain of Paris, and why home comforts matter most in race to LA28
CIARA Mageean doesn’t do small talk. The recent cold snap would get a good airing if conversation went that way. Mike Tyson v Jake Paul? Probably. Hurling? Camogie? Strap yourself in. Full of life, full of chat.
Ciara Mageean opens up on the heartbreak of missing out on Paris Olympics
Ciara Mageean has admitted that she felt like she was 'drowning' after being forced to pull out of the Paris Olympics due to injury.
Ciara Mageean: 'It's a grief, it's a loss, and you have to process it'
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Ciara Mageean still grieving for lost dream but fire in the belly for LA
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Ciara Mageean speaks of ‘grieving’ process after missing Olympics
Ciara Mageean admits that it “feels kind of crass” to compare your down days in sport to life’s bigger losses, but still, so devastated was she when injury forced her to pull out of the summer’s Olympic Games,
Ciara Mageean: LA Olympic dream still alive despite Paris heartbreak
Ciara Mageean insists that Los Angeles is still in her sights as she continues her recovery from the surgery that kept her out of the Paris Olympics.
‘I just felt numb. It wasn’t even sadness, it was just emptiness’ – Ciara Mageean opens up on Olympics grief
There may be no more eloquent athlete to describe the depth of despair of being forced to withdraw from the Olympic Games than Ciara Mageean.
‘Maybe it’s meant to be’ – Ciara Mageean reveals who convinced her to pull out of Paris Olympics
CIARA MAGEEAN has revealed he is moving home as she plots a course to the next Olympics. And she has insisted it was always in her mind to do so – and compete at LA – but that missing out on Paris
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Cathal Dennehy: The race that defines Mageean will never make the highlight reel
There are several races you could choose to encapsulate Ciara Mageean. Maybe it’d be one of her three European outdoor ...
‘There were times over the last 10 years that I thought about retiring because it was so painful – I needed to change’
CIARA MAGEEAN revealed she is ‘running pain-free for the first time in 10 years’ – during which she considered retirement.
Watch: Mageean targets LA Olympics in 2028
European 1500m champion Ciara Mageean speaks to BBC Sport NI about her emotional withdrawal from the Paris Games this summer ...