The Irish team have now won three medals in Rome after another fantastic performance on the track
It came oh so close to being the masterpiece of one-lap running required from Rhasidat Adeleke to carve out a third European Championship gold medal for Ireland inside four days, but in the end the Dublin sprinter had to settle for silver after a suitably thrilling 400 metres showdown inside the old Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Level with Kaczmarek from Poland coming into the homestretch, Adeleke called upon all her reserves to marginally edge ahead with 50m to go, but simply ran out of legs approaching the line as Kaczmarek showed her experience to finish that little bit stronger. Poland's Natalia Kaczmarek pips Ireland's Rhasidat Adeleke for the 400m gold at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. Photograph: Getty Images
The other big medal threat came from the Dutch woman Klaver, the 25-year-old with a best of 49.81 seconds, who nailed third in 50.08.
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