Sharlene Mawdsley reveals exactly when she plans on retiring

"I definitely want to do something other than athletics"

Alongside Chris O'Donnell, Thomas Barr, and Rhasidat Adeleke, Mawdsley and Ireland brought home mixed 4x400 relay gold, and women's 4x400 silver - with Adeleke, Sophie Becker, and Phil Healy - at the European Championships in June.

While they were not favourites for a medal at the Olympics, the women's team put on a heroic show to just miss out on bronze in Paris.

With the team becoming a serious medal contender on a world stage, while inspiring a generation of young girls runners, it will please many to hear that the Tipp woman has changed her retirement plans.

In an interview with the Irish Independent, she said:

Mawdsley recently moved to London to change training group.

In November she said: "Post Olympics I decided I wanted to try something new.. so I’ve started something new. 👀

"I have decided to move training group to train with Tony Lester I am very excited for this chapter of my career and I feel extremely lucky to be training with some really talented and likeminded people."