Ciara Mageean won gold at the European Championships in June before injury ended her Olympic dream in heartbreaking fashion
Ciara Mageean is among the guests on Friday night's Late Late Show . The Portaferry athlete will sit down with Patrick Kielty to reflect on what has been a year like no other for the 32-year-old.
She had two cortisone injections into her ankle but during a heart to heart with her boyfriend Thomas, she made the hardest call of all."I have certainly chatted to other athletes in the past who approached Olympic Games knowing it was going to be their last, whereas I knew I've been on an upward tangent for the past few years," Mageean said last month.
"This has given me an opportunity - sometimes you need a catalyst for change. The really tough end to the summer made me take account of a few things and say, 'do you know what? I'm making a couple of changes, I’m having the surgery to fix the ankle, I’m moving home to be close to family and friends to build a team around me that will help nurture me on that next goal'.
Mageean turned in a performance for the ages to pick up the victory at the iconic Stadio Olimpico in Rome, becoming the first Irish track star to win gold at the European Championships in an individual event since Sonia O'Sullivan in 1998.
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