Athletics: Mawdsley can now set sights on ending frustrating championships with a flourish

As good as Mawdsley is as an individual, putting a baton in her hand tends to lift her to new levels, and she will be fired up to end a frustrating championships with a flourish by helping the Irish team into another world final.

RIGHT THE WRONGS: Ireland’s Sharlene Mawdsley before being disqualified after her Women’s 400m Semi-Finals. Pic: Morgan Treacy, Inpho

Anger can do many things to an athlete: building them up or breaking them down. 

Whatever effect it has on Sharlene Mawdsley, we’ll find out on Sunday morning as the Newport sprinter anchors the Irish women’s 4x400m team at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow.