Ciara Mageean Becomes First Irish Woman Sub 2 Min for 800m
Ciara Mageean Runs 1:59.69 in Bern, Switzerland
Citius Champs - Bern Switzerland
July 24th 2020
Ciara Mageean
Citius Games, Bern, Switzerland, Friday July 24th 2020
This afternoon, 28 year old Ciara Mageean, from Protaferry, Co Down, and running with UCD AC, became, on what should have been the day of the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, the first Irish woman to go sub 2 minutes. Running 1:59.69, to break Rose Anne Galligan's 7 year-old record, she won the womens 800m at today's Citius Champs, taking almost a second off the record, but most importantly, goung sub 2 minutes.
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The historic first ever sub 2 minute 800m by an Irish woman @ciaramageean tonight.... pic.twitter.com/xNJpjTndbg
— Pierce O'Callaghan (@Pierceathletics) July 24, 2020
Womens 800m Results
Ciara's run places her on top of the Irish Women's 800m All-Time Standings, bring her up from 4th place, and slicing 1.10 seconds off her own lifetime best
