Colin Sheridan: Here's to the start of something wonderful, Rhasidat Adeleke
You will know when and where she’s running and you'll grow to hate her opponents. You’ll understand which lane is her fastest. You’ll learn her tells and facial tics. There will be no moral victories or decent showings. No fastest loser qualifications or semi-final exits. Adeleke is the real deal.
If all goes according to plan, this Friday night Rhasidat Adeleke from Tallaght will make her Diamond League debut over four hundred cruel metres at the Stade Louis II in Monaco.
Beside her on the blocks will be Britton Wilson, her NCAA rival, who she beat into second at last months collegiate finals over the same distance, and the imperious Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, arguably one of the greatest track athletes - male or female - of all time.
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