Sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke will represent Ireland at the Paris Olympics in the 400m athletics events from August 5. The national athletics record holder has suffered a torrent of racial abuse online. But this has not discouraged her from aiming to become the first Irish woman athlete to secure a gold medal in athletics.
Rhasidat Adeleke, 21, has held the national record for all of the sprint distances, from 60m indoors to 400m, her preferred distance, since last month, when she won the 100m at the Irish National Championships in a record 11.13 seconds.
