Adeleke 'working on something different' as she finishes fourth in first 400m of the year

Mark English was also in action in Oslo, the 32-year-old coming home seventh in the 800m, clocking 1:44.33.

UP AND RUNNING: Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke after finishing fourth in her first 400m of the year as she is working on something different with her coach. Pic: ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Thu, 12 Jun, 2025 - 21:38

Cathal Dennehy

With three months left until the World Championships in Tokyo, Rhasidat Adeleke was always unlikely to shoot the lights out in her first 400m race of the year. And so it proved at the Oslo Diamond League on Thursday evening, the Dubliner clocking 50.42 to finish fourth, well down on her Irish record of 49.07.

It was Adeleke’s first race at her specialist distance since last September, having raced over 200m earlier this season along with a couple of 4x400m legs at last month’s World Relays in China. Drawn in lane six, she got off to a steady start but began to move through the field after halfway, challenging for second as she came off the final bend.