Rhasidat Adeleke among Irish athletes set to line out at London Diamond League meet this weekend
The European 400 metres silver medalist will drop down the distance to race over a half lap against Olympic silver medalist Julien Alfred and training partner Dina Asher-Smith.
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The Tallaght native will be hoping to get her season back on track ahead of the World Athletics Championships
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Sophie O'Sullivan (left) and Sarah Healy (middle) will also be in action
Adeleke was due to compete in the Monaco Diamond League last Friday
But it came after her fourth place finish at the Diamond League in Eugene when she ran 51.33 seconds - her slowest 400 metres of the year and two seconds outside her national record.
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But they face stiff competition from Dutch superstar Sifan Hasan and Olympic silver medalist Jessica Hull.
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But he is a top field that also includes six of the eight finalists at last year's Paris Olympics, including gold medalist Emmanuel Wanyoni.
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