Rising relay tide could change Ireland's Olympic podium prospects

Rhasidat Adeleke has grown into a confident young woman who seems utterly at home, entirely unafraid, on the sport’s biggest stage.

Ireland’s Thomas Barr, Sharlene Mawdsley, Cillín Greene and Rhasidat Adeleke with their bronze medals. Picture: ©INPHO/Warren Grant

Shortly after walking off the track in the Bahamas on Saturday night, having helped Ireland into two finals at the World Relays, thereby securing Olympic qualification, Rhasidat Adeleke offered a window into the changing mindset in Irish athletics.

“We’ve shown everyone we’re the best in the world, one of the teams to be recognised,” she told Citius Mag. “We’re top of the food chain now.”