Grit and glory – Mageean's career in pictures

After European champion and two-time Olympian Ciara Mageean passed away aged 34, BBC Sport looks back at her career in pictures. Ciara Mageean won a gold medal at the 2024 European Championships in Rome Tributes have been pouring in for European champion and Olympian Ciara Mageean, who passed away on Sunday aged 34. On the track, she represented Ireland and Northern Ireland with great distinction and she became European 1500m champion in 2024. Mageean was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in May 2025, but continued to be a shining light with her courage. From her grit and determination to her medal moments, BBC Sport looks back at Mageean's career in pictures.

Gifted athlete whose wit and smile left lasting impression – Mageean obituary An energetic child who loved to play camogie as well as to run, Mageean had a decorated junior athletics career. She was third for Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Youth Games in India in 2008, and the following year she won the European Youth Olympic Festival in Finland and was second at the World Youth Championships for Ireland. Mageean announced herself to senior athletics at the Odyssey Arena by winning the National Senior Indoor title when she was just 15. In 2010, Mageean was second at the World Junior Championships in Mocton in Canada and she