Irish European 1500m champion Ciara Mageean has died

Ciara Mageean, an Irish track athlete who won the European title in the 1500 metres in 2024, died on Sunday. She was 34. She had been fighting cancer.

Mageean represented Ireland in athletics and competed in middle-distance running. Her biggest success came in 2024, when she became European champion over 1500 metres, one of the standard track distances in the sport.

The news of her death was reported by the news agencies LETA and AP. The source gives no further details, such as the course of her illness or funeral arrangements.