Ciara Mageean, Ireland’s leading medal contender at this week’s European Indoor championships, has pulled out of the event. Mageean won a bronze medal in the 1,500m at the 2019 European indoor championships In Glasgow. Together with Mark English they were Ireland’s two leading medal contenders at this year's championships which begins on Thursday. She appeared back to top form in her first indoor race of the season comfortably breaking nine minutes to a win a 3,000m race in Manchester – where she is based – in early February. Ireland will now have a 23-strong team heading to Torun in Poland for the European indoors which run from Thursday to Sunday.

Source: Irish Independent March 01, 2021 18:12 UTC