Stage is set for sensational final on Wednesday as Ireland, Poland and the Netherlands set to bolster teams for their women’s 4x400m
Sharlene Mawdsley seizes the day as Ireland go in search of another European Championship medalBecause as if on cue, Mawdsley produced another stunning anchor leg – just as she’d done when bringing Ireland home to the mixed relay gold last Friday night – and helped ensure Ireland qualified for Wednesday night’s final as the fastest of the lot. Their 3:24.81 is just shy of the 3:24.38 Irish record from the World Relays in the Bahamas last month, when they also had Rhasidat Adeleke on board.
Only 1.18 seconds separated the eight qualified teams for the final, and it is fully expected that Adeleke will take her place among Ireland’s final quartet, which will also be her third European final, having also being part of that mixed relay gold. Becker opened with a 51.64, holding second behind Belgium, with Healy then coming through with a 51.29. Cadden held her position in fourth, running 52.12, as Belgium appeared to open a clear gap. But then came Mawdsley with her 49.76, racing through on the inside down the home stretch.
Adeleke’s 49.07 would have won her gold in five of the last six Olympics, with only the Tokyo winning time of 48.48 faster. The second semi-final was marginally faster, and the two non-automatic qualifying positions went to Germany and Spain , with Ireland ending up 10th best overall. Doggett wrote his own bit of history as the youngest Irish male athlete to earn a senior international cap.
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