Adeleke off the pace on 400m return in Eugene

The Dubliner finished ninth in 52.26 seconds.

BACK ON TRACK: Rhasidat Adeleke. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Rhasidat Adeleke turned in a sub-par performance on her return to the 400m at the Eugene Diamond League in Oregon last night, the 23-year-old Dubliner finishing ninth in 52.26 seconds.

It was Adeleke’s first 400m since the same meeting 12 months ago, when she clocked 51.33 to finish fourth. But this was some way down on that again, Adeleke a long way off the 49.07 Irish record she ran to win silver at the Europeans in 2024.