Rhasidat Adeleke: 'I’ll take my blessing and hopefully one day I’ll be able to get my gold'

Rhasidat Adeleke claimed silver in the 400m final – the 21-year-old Dubliner’s first individual medal at a senior championships.

SILVER: Women's 400m silver medallist Rhasidat Adeleke after receiving her medal. Pic:  Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

She wanted more. Of course she did. You don’t carry Rhasidat Adeleke’s rare, outlying ability and her burning ambition to the start line of a major final and walk away content with silver. But when the disappointment of not winning gold had subsided, when the 21-year-old Dubliner saw that time – her best ever, an Irish record – she knew she could do no more.

There was immense pride to be drawn from that, as there was from winning her first individual medal for Ireland as a senior. Likely the first of many.