Colin Sheridan: Adeleke's brilliance guarantees her nothing but the burden of her potential

It’s not easy to move grown-ups — this one anyway — unless it’s war or death or children crying. But Adeleke possesses a quintessence much greater than herself

Rhasidat Adeleke and Phil Healy looking disappointed post-race. Pic: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

TO watch Rhasidat Adeleke emerge from the tunnel in the Stade de France was to feel like a kid again.

Regardless of your age or physical disposition, it would make you want to dust off your spikes and head to the nearest track. The theatre of it all: Her introduction, her slow walk, her wave to the camera, her sudden skip, and away she’d run towards the starting blocks.