{"id":359909,"date":"2026-01-09T00:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T00:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/359909\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T00:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T00:17:14","slug":"ciara-mageean-says-fan-messages-gave-her-a-lift-on-her-cancer-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/359909\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciara Mageean says fan messages \u2018gave her a lift\u2019 on her cancer journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European 1500m champion added that the \u201cbeautiful\u201d messages \u201cgave her a lift\u201d during the toughest days of her treatment so far.<\/p>\n

Mageean has today posted an update of her cancer journey on social media and confirmed she completed the latest of her rounds of chemotherapy before Christmas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been pretty absent on here the last few months, so I thought I\u2019d share a little life update,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI finished my 12th round of chemo just before Christmas, which meant I had a lovely chemo-free Christmas with my family.<\/p>\n

“The past few months have been a mixed bag of cuddling Sam, our wee springer spaniel, on the sofa, and spending time with my nearest and dearest when my energy returned. Without them, I would be lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Photo:<\/p>\n

Photo: Instagram\/Ciara Mageean<\/p>\n

She thanked everyone who had sent her \u201csuch kind words of support over the past few months\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve shed so many tears reading your beautiful messages; on those tough days, they really gave me a lift. So thank you, from the bottom of my heart.<\/p>\n

“I still have a long road ahead, but for now I\u2019m continuing to find the joy in every day,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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The Co Down native posted a couple of pictures of herself spending time with her family during Christmas, her fianc\u00e9 Thomas Moran, and her dog Sam.<\/p>\n

In July, the 33-year-old four-time European medallist revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer. <\/p>\n

In a post on social media, the runner wrote at the time: \u201cTo everyone who\u2019s been part of my journey so far, I have some difficult news to share: I\u2019ve been diagnosed with cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a lot to take in, but I\u2019ve already started treatment. I\u2019m incredibly grateful to be surrounded by the love and support of my family and close friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, my focus is on healing and taking things one day at a time. I kindly ask that you respect my privacy and that of my loved ones as we move through this together.<\/p>\n

“Your understanding means more than I can say.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"Photo:<\/p>\n

Photo: Instagram\/Ciara Mageean<\/p>\n

Mageean won a gold medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome and also competed at the Olympics Games in Rio and Tokyo.<\/p>\n

She was forced to withdraw from the Paris Olympics in 2024 due to an Achilles tendon issue before she had surgery last September in London.<\/p>\n

The Portaferry native also won a silver European medal in 2022, two bronze European medals in 2016 and 2019, as well as a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n

\"Ciara<\/p>\n

Ciara Mageean with her dog Sam. Photo: Instagram\/Ciara Mageean<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European 1500m champion added that the \u201cbeautiful\u201d messages \u201cgave her a lift\u201d during the toughest days of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[138078,6491,138077,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-359909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-adrianna-wrona","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-ciara-mageean","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}