Rhasidat Adeleke reveals moment during Dublin visit where she realised her life had changed forever post-Olympics
RHASIDAT Adeleke realised she'd reached a new level of fame post-Olympics when she got mobbed by fans while out with friends at Dundrum Shopping Centre.
Despite still only being 22, she has clearly been a star on the rise for several years as she has continually
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She finished fourth in Paris in her solo 400metre event as well as just missing out on a medal with the 4x400metre women's team
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Record crowds showed up at June's National Outdoor Championships at Morton Stadium in Santry six weeks prior to the Paris Games
However, competing in an Olympic Games in a European timezone meant she was provided with a platform that vaulted her into becoming a household name nationwide.
She's now reflected on how her Paris experience, which ultimately featured
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She recalled: 'I was stopped by like 50 people and had a bunch of people around me asking for pictures and autographs and stuff.
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'It's insane because I just went to Dundrum as I normally would.
"But I almost forget that I have, I guess, some sort of presence now. It's really cool. It honestly is really cool.
'In comparison, being out here in Austin, Texas, where I can just walk around freely, nobody really knows who I am.
"So it kind of makes me forget that I do have that presence back home. But yeah, it's a blessing.'
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Elsewhere in the interview the Tallaght native explained the different approach she and coach Edrick Floreal are taking this year.
They found that she wore out over the course of her mammoth 2024 exploits.
Rhasidat Adeleke teases 'brother-sister duo' for 2028 Olympics in exciting training video
So in order to prevent that happening again, they opted to skip the indoor season entirely with peaking for September's World Championships in Tokyo the number one priority.
Detailing their collaborative approach, she added: 'My coach is very focused on us achieving our targets at the World Championships in September.
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"By the time it came to September last year, I was so burnt out physically and mentally. We had just been go, go, go, go, go.
"The base that I had was wearing away. So what my coach decided to do was more so keep the base going, keep doing that groundwork and then we'll sharpen up close to the championships.
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In May 2024 she graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Corporate Communications
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But she's kept the college as her training base since turning professional as it is a world-class programme that features Olympic 200m champ Julien Alfred as a peer
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'I've run three times this season so far and each time I was like, 'Oh my God, I feel very different. I don't feel as sharp. I don't feel as quick. I feel sluggish.'
"And my coach is trying to remind me: 'Ray, you're not trying to break the world record right now. Focus on the goal.'"
The Corporate Communications graduate did
It was very much a case of mission accomplished once the A-team of her,
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So neither she nor Mawdsley, Becker or McCann ran in the ensuing final.
It was a similar story at that same meet in China as regards the mixed 4x400metre quartet.
Once again Adeleke helped a strong line-up to post the necessary World Championships qualification mark in their heat so she and the other most high-profile sprinters were rested for the final.
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