Tallaght AC sprinter wins Irish title in 11.13 seconds as she moves closer to 11-second mark
Rhasidat Adeleke of Tallaght AC after winning the women's 100m in an Irish record time of 11.13 seconds at the 123.ie National Athletics Championships at Morton Stadium in Santry. Photograph: Sam Barnes/Sportsfilehas now claimed the last Irish sprint record not already under name, blazing the 100 metres mark down ever closer to the 11-second barrier. She is now officially Ireland’s fastest woman.
Adeleke started the 10-woman final in lane six, Lavin two lanes inside her in lane four. But the Tallaght AC sprinter was gone on the B of the bang, her record intentions clear. In the end the finish wasn’t even close, her record-breaking margin historic, “It’s no secret, one of the records she really wants, is that Irish 100m record,” Adeleke’s coach Edrick Floreal said earlier this year.
After winning those three medals at the European Championships in Rome, including silver and just under a month before her departure for the Paris Olympics, Adeleke was racing at home for the first time in two years, The Dublin sprinter had decided to focus on Sunday’s 100 metres only as she looks to sharpen her speed for the big Paris showdown to come.
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