Sensational Adeleke leads Ireland to mixed relay bronze on brilliant night in the Bahamas

RHASIDAT ADELEKE RAN a blistering leg as Ireland’s mixed 4x400m relay team won their first major medal, taking bronze at the World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas overnight.

Advertisement The quartet of Cillin Greene, Adeleke, Tom Barr, and Mawdsley clocked a brilliant 3:11.53 in third behind winners United States of America and runners-up the Netherlands . Barr ran a strong 46.04 to keep Ireland in the silver medal place, fractionally ahead of Nigeria and the Netherlands, ahead of the final 400m.

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