Ciara Mageean finished second to in the final of the women's 1500m race to take home the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The 30-year old from County Down finished just behind Laura Muir, who stormed to the finish line to take the gold medal home for Scotland.
Mageean ran a seasons best 4:04.14, narrowly missing out to Muir who turned on the afterburners down the home stretch to stay ahead of Mageean and take home gold in a time of 4:02.75.
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This is the third championship medal of her career, with the 2020 Irish Olympian winning the bronze medal in the 1500m events at the 2016 European Championships and the 2019 European indoor championship.
Mageean wins Team Northern Ireland's second athletics medal of the event after Kate O'Connor also won silver in the heptathlon. It finishes off a cracking campaign for all of team Northern Ireland, with Dylan Eagleson and Jude Gallagher winning gold medals earlier today.
In total, team Northern Ireland took home seven gold medals, seven silver medals and four bronze medals.
The silver medal is a welcome return to form for Mageean after a torrid time with injury. A calf tear hampered her performance at last years Olympics, while another calf issue ruled her out for the majority of this years indoor season.
Mageean will be looking to take her good form into the European Championships which get under way next week.
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