The 18-year-old ran an exceptional 11.34 in the final to take home gold, finishing ahead of Serbia’s Ivana Ilic and Great Britain’s Joy Eze, who ran 11.42 and 11.44 respectively.

It is the youngster’s first European gold medal at that level in the 100m event but she has had prior success.

The Tallaght AC athlete became the senior national champion in the event earlier this year and is currently the holder of the Irish U20 record for the women’s 100m.

There it is, the biggest win of @rhasidatadeleke's career – European U20 100m gold in 11.34 (+1.4) for the 18-year-old Tallaght star, and she made it look easy. pic.twitter.com/0orWw69RyT

— Cathal Dennehy (@Cathal_Dennehy) July 16, 2021

Adeleke impressed on Thursday, making her way to the final via two strong runs, taking the top spot in her heat with a time of 11.37.

The time made her the fastest qualifier in all six heats and foreshadowed the success that was to come for the athlete.

The sprinter later went second-fast overall in the semi-final stage and first in her semi with 11.38.

The Dubliner took the lead early on in the final and never let it go in a strong final run as she delivered on the promise of Thursday.

She joins Gina Akpe-Moses on the list of Irish women to win gold representing the country in the women’s 100m event at the European U20 Championships.

Akpe-Moses was the champion in the event in 2017, where she crossed the line ahead of everyone else in a time of 11.71 in Grosseto.

Adeleke returned to action soon after with another impressive run, this time in the 200m heats.

The sprinter ran her heat in 23.20, claiming the best time of anyone in the heats by .23 and will progress to the semi-finals tomorrow.

If successful, a spot in another final this weekend awaits the exciting Irish talent on Sunday at 3:55 pm.

You can watch Rhasidat Adeleke and other Ireland U20 athletes at the 2021 European U20 Championships here.

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The decision was taken today by the Paris 2020 Local Organising Committee (LOC) and Fédération Française d’Athlétisme (FFA) at an extraordinary LOC Executive Committee meeting on Thursday.

The decision was driven by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the associated risks linked to the current situation, which are far from being under control, as well as the existing ban on mass gatherings in France.

Commenting on the cancellation of the European Athletics Championships, European Athletics Interim President, Dobromir Karamarinov said:

“It is with great regret that we announce the cancellation of the Paris 2020 European Athletics Championships. We had hoped in these troubled times to offer European athletes a major event to aim for at the end of this summer. Unfortunately, today we were informed by the LOC and French athletics federation that, after discussions with the relevant French national and local public health and safety authorities, they were no longer able to proceed with delivering the championships this August and were forced to cancel the event.

“Whilst we regret announcing the cancellation of our European Athletics Championships, it is worth reiterating that in these unprecedented times the health and safety of all athletics’ stakeholders including athletes, fans, officials, partners and everyone connected with the sport is paramount. We will always do what is best for the members of our athletics family and the wider public.”

The European Athletics Council will discuss this issue, together with other changes to the global athletics calendar that have been forced upon the sport due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at their next meeting which is scheduled to take place via video conference on 7-8 May.

All the ticket holders for Paris 2020 as well as those signed up for the 10km Festival Athlé will receive a full refund in line with a procedure that will be communicated in due course on the official website www.athle2020.paris.

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