Paris repeats itself as Rhasidat Adeleke finishes fourth in Diamond League 400m final

Rhasidat Adeleke finished fourth in the Diamond League

It was a very different kind of race, but it was ultimately the same result for Rhasidat Adeleke. The Dubliner finished fourth over 400m at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland today, clocking 50.00 to come home behind the same three women who beat her in the Olympic final in Paris.

The top four also finished in the same order, with Marileidy Paulino taking victory in 48.66, Salwa Eid Naser second in 49.23 and Natalia Kaczmarek third in 49.95.

Adeleke had attacked the race from the outset, blasting through the opening 100m in 11.80 seconds to lead the field at that point, having been fifth in 12.01 during the Olympic final. She slipped to second by 200m (23.27) and turned for home a close third behind Paulino and Naser, but just didn’t have the legs to go with that pair down the home straight and was caught by Kaczmarek for third close to the line.

“The goal was to do well and perform my best under the circumstances,” said…