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Dubliner Rhasidat Adeleke wins gold medal at NCAA Championships with record run

Rhasidat Adeleke made history yesterday after winning gold at the NCAA Championships in Texas.

Breaking her Irish 400m record once again, the Dubliner becomes the first Irish sprinter to win a NCAA title after securing gold with a meet-record time of 49.20. This was Adeleke's seventh national record this year.

The athlete also smashed the Irish 200m record with a time of 22.34 back in April. This time around, Adeleke was competing on her home track at the University of Texas. She said after the race: "[The race] was kind of a blur, I just went out trusting myself.

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