RHASIDAT ADELEKE MADE an electric start to her outdoor season as her 4x200m relay team ran a world-best time of 1:27.05 at the Texas Relays meet in Austin.
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Dina Asher-Smith, Rhasidat Adelek, Lanae Thomas & Julien Alfred run a WORLD-BEST time of 1:27.05 in the 4x200 relay ā¼ļø pic.twitter.com/m3kE9DJ7Ee
Adeleke and her training partners Dina Asher-Smith, Lanae Thomas and Julien Alfred went under the world record, but wonāt enter the record books due to the competitorsā different nationalities.
The mark of 1:27.46, recorded by a US team at the Penn Relays in 2000, still stands.
Adeleke produced a scorching second leg for Team International as she carried her brilliant indoor form into her 2024 outdoor debut:
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World best for Team International 1:27.05
School record for the Razorbacks 1:31.11
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The 21-year-old Dubliner missed the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow at the start of March with a minor ankle injury.
She is now building up to the European Championships in Rome in June ā and ultimately, the Olympic Games in Paris.