European 1500m champion and two-time Olympian Ciara Mageean has died aged 34 following a battle with bowel cancer.
The Northern Irish athlete, who represented Ireland at two Olympic Games and claimed European gold in 2024, passed away on Sunday morning surrounded by her loved ones.
Mageean, from Portaferry in County Down, was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in May 2025.
Her death comes just weeks after she married her long-term partner Thomas Moran in an intimate civil ceremony in Belfast last month.
A heartbreaking statement shared on her social media accounts confirmed the news on Sunday.
It read: ‘At 6.30am this morning, Ciara lost her
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