Double U20 European 100/200m champion, Rhasidat Adekele (Tallaght AC), has smashed the Irish 400m record with a 50.70 third place performance while representing Texas University in the final of the Big 12 Championships Meeting in Texas (May 16th).
The breath-taking performance breaks Joanne Cuddihy’s record of 50.73 which had stood since 2007. Adeleke’s record breaking time was made look all the more impressive in that she had clocked a 51.70 (then PB) just 24 hours previous.
The 19-year-old Tallaght star is now remarkably the fastest Irishwoman of all time at 60m, 200m, 300m and 400m.
It completes a spectacular weekend for Irish athletics which saw another FOUR Irish records broken across track and field events:
