Adeleke powers Ireland to brilliant bronze at World Relays

BRONZE: Rhasidat Adeleke has taken another giant leap forward in her burgeoning career. The 21-year-old Dubliner produced a mind-boggling split of 48.45 seconds to help Ireland to bronze medals in the mixed 4x400m at the World Relays in the Bahamas last night. Pic: Erik van Leeuwen/Sportsfile

Stop me if you heard this one before, but while you were (probably) sleeping, Rhasidat Adeleke has taken another giant leap forward in her burgeoning career. The 21-year-old Dubliner produced a mind-boggling split of 48.45 seconds to help Ireland to bronze medals in the mixed 4x400m at the World Relays in the Bahamas last night.

Amid a showing of collective brilliance from the quartet, there was no doubt who shone brightest. After taking the baton from Cillín Greene, Adeleke produced an astonishing run to hoist her team from fourth to second, and with two strong legs to follow from Thomas Barr and Sharlene Mawdsley, the Irish smashed the national record they’d set a day earlier, clocking 3:11.53 to finish behind USA (3:10.73) and the Netherlands (3:11.45).