#IRELAND 🇮🇪 | With what the Irish Independent describes as a performance of pure poise, peerless speed and unstoppable power, Rhasidat Adeleke has smashed the Irish 100m record to take gold at the National Track and Field Championships in Santry and we love it for her!👏🏽😍
21-year-old Rhasidat claimed the last Irish sprint record not already under name, clocking 11.13 (+0.7m/s) to defeat chief rival Sarah Lavin of Emerald AC (11.37) and in the words of @irishtimesnews , she is now officially Ireland’s fastest woman! 🙌🏽
Adeleke’s time obliterated the previous record of 11.27, set by Lavin in Switzerland last year, and it means the Tallaght sprinter now holds every Irish sprint record, indoors and outdoors, from 60m to 400m. It was her last race on Irish soil ahead of the Paris Olympics, with Adeleke due to return to Texas in the coming days before a number of races on the European circuit ahead of the Games.
The race was watched by the biggest crowd in recent memory at the nationals, with Sunday’s ticket sales doubled compared to last year following the success of the Irish team at the Europeans in Rome, where Adeleke won two relay medals along with individual silver in the 400m. Earlier in the day, Adeleke had coasted to victory in her semi-final in 11.54, with Lavin doing likewise in hers with 11.51.
Congratulations to #RhasidatAdeleke , we absolutely love this win for her! 👏🏽💖
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The past 3 years of my journey to Paris has been filmed & documented. It’s feels unreal watching how my life has changed in such a short period🥹 So much has went into this documentary & I greatly appreciate everyone who took part in making it happen!
First episode airs on RTE 1, Thursday at 10:15pm GMT🪄
3x European Medalist🥳💫
Individual 400m silver, Mixed 4x4 gold & Women’s 4x4 silver.
So thankful to everyone that helped make this happen✨
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Blessed to officially graduate from THE University of Texas at Austin👩🏾🎓
“What starts here changes the world” couldn’t be any more fitting. An opportunity that elevated and enriched my world in several ways, from the lifelong friends I made to the opportunities & knowledge I obtained. I could write a book describing the joy I’ve experienced whilst being a student & athlete at Texas. However, to keep things short… I couldn’t have made a better choice🧡 #Hookem#TexasEx
Third race lucky 🍀 🔥
U.S.-based Irishwoman @rhasidat_adeleke splits a RIDICULOUS 48.45 leg to bring her team to a podium finish in the mixed 4x400m relay at World Relays with a 3rd place 3:11.53 finish.
Adeleke’s weekend:
Mixed 4x400m qualifying: 49.64
Women’s 4x400m qualifying: 49.48
Mixed 4x400m final: 48.45
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SPAR are giving away a trip to the European Championships in Rome this June! For a chance to meet me there and deliver some ‘Rome Comforts’ to my pal @rhasidat_adeleke , check out @spar_ireland ’s page to find out how to enter their competition! #SPARRomeComforts#ad
No. 2 time in the world 🌎
@rhasidat_adeleke breaks her own Irish national record with a 7.15 win in the women’s 60m at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational in Albuquerque.
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