‘This is something really, really special’ – Ireland team react to mixed 4x400m relay gold at European Championships
Ireland's 4x400m relay team, from left, Chris O'Donnell, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley and Thomas Barr celebrate after winning the Mixed 4x400m Relay final during day one of the 2024 European Athletics Championships at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy. Photo: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile
Whatever happens for the rest of their careers, they’ll always have this. A night when they came together and soared, in unison, to the top step of the podium, a place only one Irish athlete – Sonia O’Sullivan – has ever occupied in the 90-year history of the European Championships.
Gold. Chris O’Donnell, Rhasidat Adeleke, Thomas Barr and Sharlene Mawdsley. Champions of Europe in the mixed 4x400m relay. Their time, 3:09.92, has only ever been bettered five times in a mixed relay, young and all as the event may be.
