Rhasidat Adeleke had another impressive performance at the Mt Sac Relays in California on Saturday, 20 April. The 21-year-old athlete from Dublin secured an impressive second place in the 200m race with a time of 22.61, racing against two esteemed world champions.
Adeleke's training partner Julien Alfred, the reigning world indoor 60m champion, clinched victory with a time of 22.58. Dina Asher-Smith, another training companion and the 2019 world 200m champion, secured third place with a time of 22.80.
Another huge performance from Rhasidat Adeleke in the Women’s 200m Elite race at the 64th Annual Mt. SAC Relays last night⚡
22.58🇱🇨Alfred
22.61🇮🇪Adeleke
22.80🇬🇧Asher-Smith
Adeleke the only Irish athlete to go faster over 200 (22.34NR April 2023)👏#IrishAthletics pic.twitter.com/pKKmuCb1Rb— Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) April 21, 2024
This race comes just a few weeks after Adeleke, alongside Julien Alfred, Lanae-Tava Thomas and Dina Asher-Smith, set a new 4x200m world relay time at the 96th edition of the Texas Relays on Saturday, 30 March 2024 - smashing a long-standing world record time. The team also competed at the event in California and secured a victory in 42.03 seconds.
A first look at the women’s 4x100m at the Mt. SAC Relays where Team International consisting of Dina Asher-Smith, Rhasidat Adeleke, Lanae-Tava Thomas & Julien Alfred cruised to victory in 42.03 seconds!!! 🤩🔥👏
All four will run the 200m later on.
🎥 @orlando200m pic.twitter.com/j98NRrVRoY— Owen M (@_OwenM_) April 20, 2024
There's no denying that Adeleke has had an impressive start to the 2024 season. Adeleke broke her own Irish indoor 60m and 200m records, running 7.15 and 22.49, at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational in New Mexico in January. Adeleke then set a new Irish 300m record with a second placed 36.42 to better her own Irish 300m record of 36.87 (which she had set in January 2022) at the prestigious Millrose Games in New York in February. It was also revealed recently that the 21-year-old has officially set 50 individual Irish national records.
Looking ahead, Adeleke is gearing up for her next individual race anticipated to take place in late May. Her current focus is on the World Relays scheduled in the Bahamas from May 4-5, where she aims to contribute to the Irish women's 4x400m and mixed 4x400m teams in their quest for Olympic qualification.
