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22 Feb 2026

Tipperary's Sharlene Mawdsley celebrates with relay team after qualifying for Paris Olympics

The Ireland women's 4x400m relay team are going to Paris!

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Phil Healy, Sophie Becker, Rhasidat Adeleke and Tipperary's Sharlene Mawdsley celebrate

The Ireland women's 4x400m relay team, from left, Phil Healy, Sophie Becker, Rhasidat Adeleke and Tipperary's Sharlene Mawdsley celebrate after winning heat 3 of the women's 4x400m relays in a national record of 3:24.38 to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games during day one of the World Athletics Relays at Thomas A Robinson National Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas.

But that's not all for the Newport athlete, pictured below Sharlene celebrates after winning heat 3 of mixed 4x400m relay with a national record of 3:12.50 to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Photos by Erik van Leeuwen/Sportsfile

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