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Mageean smashes Irish 1500m record to claim gold at Diamond League

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Ciara Mageean has broken the Irish 1500m record to claim gold at the Diamond League in Brussels. Mageean's time of 3:56.63 bests the previous record set in 1995 by Sonia O'Sullivan.

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