Sharlene Mawdsley doing 'everything possible' to be fit for European Championships

The Europeans begin in Birmingham on August 10 with the women’s 400m heats on August 12. 

A distraught Sharlene Mawdsley of Newport A.C. after pulling up injured in the Women’s 200m Final. Pic: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

Sharlene Mawdsley is in a race against time to recover from a hamstring injury ahead of next month’s European Championships, the Tipperary Olympian stating that she is doing “everything possible” to get back in time for the event in Birmingham.

“Unfortunately, I picked up a hamstring injury at Nationals,” she wrote on Instagram on Tuesday night. “I’m working closely with my medical team, @martinamc_oly, @paul.carragher and @athleticsirelandofficial and we’re doing everything possible to get me back as soon as we can.”