Twenty-one-year-old Rhasidat Adeleke will be the first ever Irish woman to line up in a sprint event final at the Olympic Games
Twenty-one-year-old will be the first ever Irish woman to line up in a sprint event final at the Olympic GamesIn truth, at least on the evidence of recent days, winning another medal for Ireland might prove just beyond Adeleke at this stage of her young career, particularly given the Paris form of the principal medal contenders around her.
It’s a simple and magnificently exciting prospect: eight women, eight different nations, lined up from lanes two to nine, one lap of the Stade de France, and three Olympic medals to be decided between them. For Adeleke it’s also a first date with her Olympic destiny, and unlikely to be her last. Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic. She won silver at the Olympics in Tokyo and was last year’s world champion. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty Images
Coming into the home stretch, right where the stagger unwinds, Adeleke was already well down on Naser, who had gone clear in the lane inside her, winning in 49.08, her fastest time since 2019, having later served a two-year ban for doping offences. According to a statement later on Wednesday night, there were no lingering effects of her effort, other than the need to refuel and recover, and “all the focus is a top performance in the final now”.
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