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Magical Mageean sets new 800m record in Manchester

Ciara Mageean has broken the Irish 800m record in the British Milers Club event in Manchester.

The Portaferry runner knocked 0.15 off the record by running a time of 1:59.27 to beat the time set by Shanahan in Belfast in May 2022.

Mageean finished second in tonight's event after being narrowly edged out by Australia's Abbey Caldwell who recorded a time of 1.58.92.

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It was the first time two female athletes have broken the two-minute mark in an 800m race at a British Milers Club event. Mageean is also the holder of the 1500m record after breaking Sonia O'Sullivan's record last September, it having stood for 27 years.

The 31-year old also won European and Commonwealth silver this year as she prepares for the World Athletics Championships in Hungary in August.

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