Ademola focused on taking next step after making his big leap onto the world stage

ELITE: Long jumper Reece Ademola at the official announcement in the National Indoor Arena at the Sport Ireland Campus. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

YOUNG Cork long jumper Reece Ademola grinned widely when someone described him yesterday as the ‘best kept secret’ in Irish athletics.

The towering 6'9" 19-year-old has only floated under the radar because so many injuries dogged his frame through his rapid teenage growth spurt.