Rhasidat Adeleke picks up second gold medal at European Youth Olympics
Rhasidat Adeleke is a double sprint gold medalist at the European Youth Olympics in Baku.
The Tallaght sprinter followed her 100m victory with gold this evening in the 200m.
Adeleke won the race with a time of 23.92. She beat Hungary’s Mira Koszegi into silver with Serena Kouassi of France rounding off the podium with bronze.
Speaking about winning a double gold she said: "I’m just so happy. It was kind of a late decision to do both events, I was only meant to do one event, so to come away with the two gold is so unexpected.
"I’m just so happy. I just tried to have a really good bend, really fast, and just hold it for the last 100m.
"And I kind of felt like I was clear, so I was delighted.
"The Irish support here is amazing, I could hear it so loud when they call your name at the start, and then you hear all the support.
"It just makes you want to do really well."
