Ireland will try to make another Olympic final of the 4x400m mixed relay - but without Rhasidat Adeleke
Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke: she is putting all her focus on the individual 400m, unwavering in her belief she can contend for a medal against the best one-lap runners in the world. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
The 21-year-old Dublin sprinter needed it to be this way, couldn’t entertain any element of doubt that she couldn’t win a medal in her own event, and so might be better off trying first in the relay. All in or nothing at all.
“I think we have a really strong team at the moment, and there is a huge amount of depth,” says Barr, at 32 competing in his third Games. “It’s the Olympics and I’m not going to say it is going to be any small feat, but I still think we can make a final.” At the last Diamond League meeting in London before Paris, 23-year-old Nickisha Pryce from Jamaica won in a new national record of 48.57 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year. That was ahead of Poland’s European champion Natalia Kaczmarek, who improved her national record to 48.90 seconds.
Doyle is among the most improved athletes this year. He first joined Clonliffe at age 13, improving his best this year from 3:36.85 to 3:34:09, and scorching a 3:52.06 mile on his home track last month.
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