CIARA MAGEEAN has revealed he is moving home as she plots a course to the next Olympics. And she has insisted it was always in her mind to do so – and compete at LA – but that missing out on Paris

There may be no more eloquent athlete to describe the depth of despair of being forced to withdraw from the Olympic Games than Ciara Mageean.

CIARA Mageean doesn’t do small talk. The recent cold snap would get a good airing if conversation went that way. Mike Tyson v Jake Paul? Probably. Hurling? Camogie? Strap yourself in. Full of life, full of chat.

Ciara Mageean admits that it “feels kind of crass” to compare your down days in sport to life’s bigger losses, but still, so devastated was she when injury forced her to pull out of the summer’s Olympic Games,

Ciara Mageean insists that Los Angeles is still in her sights as she continues her recovery from the surgery that kept her out of the Paris Olympics.

After injury forced her to pull out of this summer’s Paris Olympics at the last minute, Ciara Mageean was left both mentally and physically shattered. But the Co Down runner says she’s not ready to retire – in fact,