Sharlene Mawdsley is in Budapest ahead of the World Athletics Championships where she will be hoping to continue her recent good form from the National Championships a few weeks ago.
The Newport runner is part of a strong Team Ireland squad and will compete in the women’s 400m along with the mixed and women’s 4x400m events over the course of the week.
The action gets underway on Saturday morning with the mixed relay event at 10:05 am Irish time whilst Sharlene will also be competing in the individual event on Sunday.
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