This clears things up. Ireland’s foremost track star, Rhasidat Adeleke, recently pulled out of the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. The Tallaght woman has finished fourth in the 400m at both the 2023 World Championships and 2024 Olympic Games. Her form so far this season has been patchy, and she announced on Instagram that […]

7 months ago

The record-breaking sprinter also reflected on her experience of this year’s Olympic Games in Paris. Irish athlete Rhasidat Adeleke was a guest on RTÉ’s Late Late Show last night and opened up about her meeting with Rihanna which went viral on social media last week. The Dubliner has had a rollercoaster 2024 which saw her […]

1 year ago

Ireland are in the final of the relay race for the first time. Ireland reached the Olympic final of the Women’s 4x400m relay race after qualifying from a thrilling semi-final race in Paris on Friday. The Irish team of Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Kelly McGrory, and Sharlene Mawdsley finished third in their heat with a […]

1 year ago

Adeleke will become the first Irish woman to race in an Olympic sprint final. Rhasidat Adeleke will race in her first Olympic final on Friday evening when she goes for gold in the Women’s 400m. The 21-year-old advanced to the final after finishing second in her semi-final and will take on some of the world’s […]

1 year ago

Rhasidat Adeleke finished an agonising fourth place in the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. The rigours and battle-scars of an incredibly long season finally caught up on the Tallaght sensation, they had to at some point, and she was almost a second off her best in what will be her final run of the season. […]

2 years ago

The 20-year-old athlete is certainly getting people talking both at home and abroad. Rhasidat Adeleke blazed into the headlines in February as she won the NCAA Big 12 Conference final in Lubbock, Texas in a time of 50.33 seconds, setting a new NCAA record and placing her 13th on the respective world all-time list. Despite […]

3 years ago