Sharlene Mawdsley achieved both a new personal best and a sub-Olympic qualifying time when she ran 50.72 in the 400m at the Memorial Janusza Kusocinskiego meeting in Chorzow, Poland, Saturday afternoon.
I did it 😭❤️🔥
Olympic standard!!! #50.72
— Sharlene (@sharlenem229) May 18, 2024
It was likely that Mawdsley would qualify through rankings in any case, but her time ensures that she is eligible to run on the Irish Mixed and/or Women’s 4×400 relay teams, both of which she helped achieve Olympic qualification while setting new national records in the Bahamas two weeks ago.
Mawdsley’s run — well under the Olympic requirement of 50.95 — shaved .37 seconds off her personal record, and put her second on the all-time Irish list behind only Rhasidat Adeleke, the only other Irish woman to have achieved the 400m qualifying time thus far.
https://twitter.com/irishathletics/status/1791848679482986987
The focus is now on Paris and Ireland’s chances for a relay medal.
