Commonwealth Games: Ciara Mageean reaches women's 1500m final
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Mageean wins heat to reach Sunday's women's 1500m final
2022 Commonwealth Games |
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Hosts: Birmingham Dates: 28 July to 8 August |
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Portaferry's Ciara Mageean comfortably reached Sunday's women's 1500m final at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Former European medallist Mageean won her heat in a time of four minutes and 13.52 seconds to advance alongside Scotland's Olympic silver medallist Laura Muir.
"I'm going to battle to be up there," Mageean said of her plan for the final.
"The aim is to be on the podium and see our flag raised, so I'm looking forward to that."
"I'm feeling really good. Training has been going great but it all has to happen out there on the day."
Megan Marrs finished fourth in her women's 100m hurdles heat in a time of 13.37 at Alexander Stadium, but it was not enough to secure a place in the final.
In table tennis, Owen Cathcart lost 4-1 to Yong Quek of Singapore in the men's singles last 32 while Paul McCreey is also out after a a 4-0 defeat by India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran.
In badminton, Rachael Darragh won her last 16 match against Deirdre Jordaan of South Africa 2-0 and is into the quarter-finals of the women's singles.