Sharlene Mawdsley runs under 400m Olympic qualifying time in Poland
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 …
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Rhasidat Adeleke’s unbreakable mindset comes from a ‘fear of failure, but also a hunger for success’
Rhasidat Adeleke’s unbreakable mindset is something that undoubtedly separates her from the pack, and that’s beginning to come to the fore more and more given her ever inclining rise to the top of the athletics world. The Tallaght sprinter recently helped the Irish 4x400m mixed relay team clinch a bronze medal and Olympic qualification at the World Relay Championships in …
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What Rhasidat Adeleke says in that viral post race interview everyone is talking about
What Rhasidat Adeleke says in that viral post race interview following the World Relay Championships over the weekend has social media reeling over the Tallaght woman’s enthusiastic aura, sensational work ethic and unrivalled mindset. In reality though, if you’ve followed her journey for a while, you’ll know all of this comes as no surprise. The 21 year old sprinter helped …
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Irish Women’s and Mixed Relay Teams Set National Records to Qualify for Olympics
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Grace Fisher
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May 5, 2024
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Athletics
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Cillin Greene, Mixed 4x400m Relay, Paris Olympics, Phil Healy, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sophie Becker, Thomas Barr, Women's 4x400m, World Athletics Relay
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It was a night of glory for Ireland as both the women’s and mixed 4×400 relay teams qualified for the Paris Olympics by winning their heats at the World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas. Remarkably, both teams also broke the current Irish records. The top two teams in each heat automatically qualify for the Olympics regardless of the final result …
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IRISH AIM TO SEAL OLYMPIC SPOTS AT WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS
Nassau in the Bahamas is the venue this weekend (May 4th & 5th) as Ireland aim to qualify their Mixed 4x400m and Women’s 4x400m relay teams for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The two Irish teams will be competing at the World Athletics Relays at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium where the top fourteen teams will advance to Paris. On …
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Rhasidat Adeleke runs fastest ever 100m by an Irish female athlete
Rhasidat Adeleke clocked 10.84 to win the 100m at the Texas Invitational in Austin Saturday — the fastest time ever for an Irish female athlete, though it won’t be an official record with 3.5 metres/second wind assistance (the limit is 2.0). 21-year-old Adeleke was significantly ahead of the talented field: American Celera Barnes ran 10.94, 2019 200m world champion Dina …
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Rhasidat Adeleke Shines in 200m At Mt Sac Relays
Rhasidat Adeleke had another impressive performance at the Mt Sac Relays in California on Saturday, 20 April. The 21-year-old athlete from Dublin secured an impressive second place in the 200m race with a time of 22.61, racing against two esteemed world champions. Adeleke’s training partner Julien Alfred, the reigning world indoor 60m champion, clinched victory with a time of 22.58. …
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‘He definitely shaped me…he won’t be ever forgotten’ Rhasidat Adeleke pays tribute to late athletics coach Johnny Fox
Aside from her generational talent, if there’s one thing that can be said for famed Irish sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke it’s that she’s very proud of the place she’s from, and the people that have shaped her along the way. That reality was unquestionably on show yesterday, as she took the time to pay an emotional tribute to her former coach, …
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Rhasidat Adeleke Smashed A 4x200M World Record But Here’s Why It Didn’t Officially Count
Irish track sensation Rhasidat Adeleke and her three teammates, Julien Alfred, Lanae-Tava Thomas and Dina Asher-Smith set a new 4x200m world relay time at the 96th edition of the Texas Relays on Saturday, 30 March 2024 – smashing a long-standing world record time. Setting A New World Record Having been on a scholarship at the University of Texas since 2021, …
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Rhasidat Adeleke happy to go stealth as “a small fish in a big pond” in America in the lead up to the Olympics
As one of Ireland’s most hyped hopes in the lead up to this summer’s Paris Olympic Games, sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke is happy to lie low over in America and focus on the thing she loves most – running. Speaking today on the announcement of her partnership with KMPG, the 21 year old says it helps that in The States, where …
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