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Irish Daily Mirror
2 days ago
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Sharlene Mawdsley reflects on 'emotional weekend' and targets race on Irish soil
Sharlene Mawdsley is looking forward to running on home soil later this month after clocking a season's best time over the weekend. The Tipperary sprinter finished third in the 400m in the European Team Athletics Championship in Maribor, Slovenia, on Saturday, clocking a time of 50.03. It was the 26-year-old's first race since the sudden death of her father Thomas last month. Reflecting on the weekend, Mawdsley wrote on Instagram: "An emotional weekend but so grateful for those around me making it a little easier. "I don't want to continue to touch on this subject publicly however, I do want to express my gratitude to those who have helped me these last number of weeks. To those who helped me get to the start line, my competitors for being so gracious and understanding, to my teammates and the staff this weekend for their help, they trusted me, when I wasn't sure I even trusted myself. "I will never be able to express my thanks to all of the people who have been there these last number of weeks (I hope you know who you all are) but I will never forget it. "Now we can look to the next race where I will start on home soil in Morton Games on July 11th" Mawdsley ran a strong opening half of Saturday's race and had the lead coming into the home straight. She fought hard in the closing stages but the Olympian was eventually passed by Slovakia's Emma Zapletalová (50.76) and Belgium's Imke Vervaet 50.86, who both ran personal bests in a very fast race. Mawdsley can be seen in action at the Morton Games on Friday, July 11, at Morton Stadium in Santry. Tickets for the event cost €10 and can be purchased online here.
Irish Daily Mirror
5 days ago
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- Irish Daily Mirror
Sharlene Mawdsley's emotional interview as she runs SB after father's passing
Sharlene Mawdsley ran a season's best time as she finished third in the 400m in the European Team Athletics Championship in Maribor, Slovenia. The Tipperary runner was returning to competitive action for the first time since the sudden death of her father Thomas earlier this month. And the 26-year-old did her father proud in Slovenia as she ran a season's best time of 50.03 to finish third in the 400m. Mawdsley ran a strong opening half of the race to have the lead coming into the home straight. The Olympian fought hard in the closing stages but was eventually passed by Slovakia's Emma Zapletalová (50.76) and Belgium's Imke Vervaet 50.86, who both ran personal bests in a very fast race. Mawdsley will also run in the 4x400m mixed relay, but she was emotional after running for the first time since losing her father. She said after the race: "I honestly don't know how I made it around. But a season's best is great, it's just a shame that I didn't come first as I would have loved the top points, but it probably would have taken a PB to do that today." Asked about her plans for the coming months, she said: "I'm not really sure what my plans are for the next few weeks. Today was just about getting out there and doing my family proud."
