Rhasidat didn't race how I wanted, says Adeleke's Coach Flo

As good as Rhasidat Adeleke was at the European Championships, her coach Edrick Floreal knows there is much more in her. 

10 June 2024; Women's 400m silver medallist Rhasidat Adeleke of Ireland poses with her medal during day four of the 2024 European Athletics Championships at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

As good as it was, Edrick Floreal knows it can be even better. Rhasidat Adeleke’s coach is not a man to mince his words, to sugarcoat his message. So when the Canadian is asked to assess the 21-year-old’s European 400m final in Rome on Monday, he’ll tell you the same thing he told her that night.

“I need for her to get out a lot faster and execute better – it’s quite disappointing that she wasn’t more aggressive in the first 200m,” he says.