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Local athletics coach confident Rhasidat Adeleke can win a medal tonight

Aug 9, 2024 13:24
By Shannonside News
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Local athletics coach confident Rhasidat Adeleke can win a medal tonight
19 June 2023; Rhasidat Adeleke during a portrait session at Morton Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

It's already Ireland's most successful games ever with four gold and three bronze medals already secured.

A leading local athletics coach believes the country could be celebrating another Olympic medal tonight. Longford Athletics coach and athlete Brendan Doyle says Rhasidat Adeleke will be standing on the podium this evening. Millions will be glued to television screens from 7 pm as the Tallaght woman goes for gold in the 400 metres final.

It's already Ireland's most successful games ever with four gold and three bronze already secured. Brendan reckons Rhasidat could be saving the best for last ahead of the closing ceremony in Paris this Sunday. Speaking to the Joe Finnegan Show, Brendan believes we could be adding to our haul later today:

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