Rhasidat Adeleke opens individual season with fourth-place finish

Adeleke’s Irish record of 22.34 was run at the same meeting two years ago, though she did have a tailwind of 1.8m/s that day compared to virtually still conditions (+0.2m/s) for her race on Friday. Pic: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

Rhasidat Adeleke ran her first individual race of the season at the Tom Jones Memorial meeting in Gainesville, Florida on Friday, clocking 22.57 to finish fourth in a loaded 200m field.

The race was won in 21.88 by Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred, who trains with Adeleke, and included two other 200m finalists from the Paris Olympics.