Adeleke won her heat and goes into Monday night’s final as the fastest of the eight finalists
Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke celebrates after winning here 400m semi-final at the European Athletics Championships at the Stadio Olympico in Rome. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/InphoDrawn in the first of three semi-finals, only the top two sure of progressing to Monday’s medal showdown , Adeleke absolutely coasted around one lap of the Stadio Olimpico before nailing the win in 50.
Two years ago, a then 19-year-old Adeleke finished fifth in this final in Munich, running in lane one, and with a more favourable outside lane this time, now finds herself the gold medal favourite. It has all the markings of a thrilling race. Ireland’s Sharlene Mawdsley in action during her semi-final of the 400m at the European Athletics Championships at the Stadio Olympico in Rome. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
For Mawdsley, starting the third semi-final also in lane eight, the plan was clearly to stay as close as possible to Klaver, in the lane inside her, and she too appears to have a little more in reserve. “All I can think is maybe a foot on the line, something like that, no big deal,” said O’Donnell, his 45.72 just shy of the 45.69 season best he ran in qualifying on Saturday morning.
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