Rhasidat Adeleke’s athletics club ‘buzzing with pride’ after Olympic performance

Members of Rhasidat Adeleke’s athletics club have praised the runner after she narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal in the women’s 400m final.

The 21-year-old Dubliner, who is Ireland’s first ever female Olympic sprint finalist, finished fourth in the race on Friday evening.

Members of Tallaght Athletics Club said she put in an inspirational performance at the Paris games.

“Rhasidat did a brilliant job,” David Callaghan told the PA news agency.

“She came through the heats really well, the first heat she blew them away, and then the semi final she did great to get through. Job was done at that point, so coming in today, anything was going to be good.

“A medal would have been a bonus, it would have been the cherry on the cake, but fourth is an unbelievable performance.”

He described the atmosphere in her club as members watched the race like…

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