Ireland finished fifth in their semi-final and failed to progress to the Olympic final.
Sonia O'Sullivan believes Ireland's failure to qualify for the final of the 4x400m mixed relay should serve as a wake up call.
Chances of automatic qualification through a top-three finish were long gone by the midway point of the race, and try as she might with a sub-50 second split, Mawdsley was unable to get Ireland into a fastest loser spot as the finished behind Great Britain, the Netherlands, Italy and Nigeria in a time of 3:12:67, less than a second outside the required time of 3:11:43.
"Because the fact is that Rhasidat is never going to be available to run in the heats, so we need to have better athletes to replace her.
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