Ciara Mageean comfortably progressed to the 1500m final at the European Championships after finishing second in her heat on Tuesday morning.
The Portaferry athlete, who was back in action nine days after winning silver at the Commonwealth Games, clocked a season best time of 4:03.03 in Munich.
Mageean took an early lead and stayed near the front until she was passed by Sofia Ennaoui on the home straight.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Laura Muir won the other heat.
Mageaan said before the championships that she was “in the shape of my life” and it was a impressive run in Germany.
The 30-year-old hopes to push Muir all the way again in Friday’s final after their Commonwealth Games duel.
“Laura’s a phenomenal athlete and beat me on the day, but I feel I can get closer and run better,” said Mageean.
“Nobody is unbeatable and I certainly believe that Laura is not unbeatable.”
