Ciara Mageean broke the women’s Parkrun world record in Belfast with a new mark of 15 minutes 13 seconds for 5km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 31-year-old, the\u00a02023 BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year,\u00a0ran the Victoria Park course 18 seconds faster than previous holder, Welsh athlete Melissa Courtney-Bryant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She broke the record just a day shy of the anniversary of\u00a0Courtney-Bryant’s feat in Poole\u00a0last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It caps an impressive year for Mageean, who represents Ireland internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In August, she finished fourth place in a strong field in the women’s 1500m final at the World Championships in Budapest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She twice broke the Irish 1500m record and also set a new Irish 800m record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mageean also knocked over two seconds off Sonia O’Sullivan’s 29-year Irish mile record in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– BBC –<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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