Adeleke looks to shine bright on Diamond debut in Monaco

Having just turned pro, the Irish 400m sensation goes up against U.S. star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone on landmark Friday night

PRO RATED: Rhasidat Adeleke will make a highly anticipated Diamond League debut in Monaco. Pic: Inpho

It’s time to find out. For Rhasidat Adeleke, Friday night signals a landmark moment in her career: a first ever Diamond League, under the bright lights of the Stade Louis-II Stadium in Monaco, taking on one of the greatest female athletes of all time.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has won everything there is to win, smashed every record there is to smash, at her speciality event, the 400m hurdles, and now a new challenge beckons for the 23-year-old American: to win a world title in the flat 400m.