Athletics Ireland have announced a 14-strong team ahead of the upcoming World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China on Saturday May 10^th and Sunday May 11^th.

Women’s, men’s and mixed 4x400m relay teams will travel to the championships aiming to seal all-important qualification for September’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

The top fourteen teams in each event qualify for the World Championships.

The women’s 4x400m relay team who finished fourth in last summer’s Olympic final in Paris will all travel to China. Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght AC), Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport AC), Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) and Phil Healy (Bandon AC) are all also listed for the mixed 4x400m team.

Chris O’Donnell (North Sligo AC) was part of the mixed 4x400m team who won a memorable gold at the European Athletics Championships in Rome nearly twelve months ago. The Grange native is part of both the men’s and mixed squads.

Cillín Greene (Galway City Harriers) medalled at these championships in Nassau, the Bahamas last year on the mixed 4x400m team and he will be looking to contribute strongly once again to both mixed and men’s teams.

Christian Malcolm, Athletics Ireland High Performance Sprints Lead said:

“Following a hugely successful 2024 for our relay teams, I’m pleased to see three teams selected for the World Athletics Relays which illustrates the terrific depth we currently have in Irish sprinting. We look forward to travelling to Guangzhou as we attempt to seal qualification for the World Athletics Championships in September in Tokyo.”

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This was posted at 3:15pm on 16/04/2025.

• World Athletics Relays official website and timetable is HERE