Ireland's sprint queen needs to rediscover her best form after a semi-final struggle at the Stade de France
Rhasidat Adeleke is searching for the spark that could make her Ireland's first ever Olympic sprint medallist.
But the 21-year-old, along with her coach Edrick Floréal, has been forced to search quickly for answers after finishing in second place in her semi-final in a time of 49.95 on Wednesday night. All three have run under 49 seconds before and are the favourites to medal in the final, with Paulino's 49.21 time while easing down marking her out as the athlete to beat for the gold.
Also in her favour is that two of the event's top names didn't make the final, with Nickisha Pryce of Jamaica and the Netherland's Lieke Klaver failing to come through their semi-finals.She has experience of big finals but, if she is fully fit, must focus on running her own race as not having done so previously has cost her.
Olympic Games Athletics Sonia O'sullivan
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