Ireland's Ciara Mageean was in action on Saturday evening in the women's 1500m at the IAAF Diamond League Athletics Meeting in Paris. With her stated aim of trying for a new personal best, she duly delivered with a time of 4m 01.46s.
While the 9th place position might look disappointing, the field was packed with some of the world's best 1500m athletes. This should be seen as a stepping stone as she hopefully improves in the years ahead.
Ciara's time now puts her into 2nd place in the Irish all time list. Here are the current top 10...
1500 m
1 3:58.85 Sonia O'Sullivan 1 Herc Monaco 25 Jul 1995
2 4:01.46 Ciara Mageean 9 Diamond League Paris 27 Aug 2016
3 4:02.08 Geraldine Hendricken 3 GPF Paris 14 Sep 2002
4 4:04.22 Sinéad Evans 10 VD Bruxelles 28 Aug 1998
...4 4:06.49 Ciara Mageean 5 Rieti 2015 Rieti 13 Sep 2015
5 4:06.69 Monica Joyce 7 Zürich 18 Aug 1982
6 4:07.56 Freda Davoren 2 Cuxhaven 19 Jul 2003
7 4:08.63 Mary Purcell 5h4 Olympics Montréal 28 Jul 1976
8 4:08.89 Deirdre Byrne 7 KBC-Nacht Heusden 20 Jul 2008
9 4:09.12 Elaine Fitzgerald 2 PapG Arnhem 10 Jul 1999
10 4:09.95 Orla Drumm 6 Anhalt Dessau 25 May 2012
As you can see, Ciara's previous best time was 4:06.49 which was set in September of 2015. Her new time is 5 seconds faster which is a huge jump at this level. Only Sonia O'Sullivan has run a faster time.
The chart below shows the times a bit clearer and you can see the relative difference.
Race video...
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