Irish sprinter wins her heat, Sharlene Mawdsley and Sophie Becker go into repechage
arena for Rhasidat Adeleke, and with a perfectly smooth one-lap run inside the State de France the Dublin sprinter has cruised into the semi-finals of the women’s 400 metres.
Adeleke’s Irish record of 49.07, set when winning the European Championships in Rome last month, wasn’t bettered in any of the six heats. Her time ranked seventh fastest overall. Sophie Becker was drawn in heat one with the likes of 2019 World champion Salwa Eid Naser from Bahrain for company. Naser took the win as expected, laying down an early marker with the first sub-50 clocking of the heats, running 49.91.
At the last Diamond League meeting in London, 23-year-old Nickisha Pryce from Jamaica won in a new national record of 48.57, the fastest time in the world this year, and she cruised through the second heat here, winning in 50.02, ahead of Britain’s Laviai Nielson, who clocked 50.52
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