Keeping up with off-season activities: Olympic stars Rhasidat Adeleke and Masai Russell enjoy sisters' vacation in Mexico

Masai Russell and Rhasidat Adeleke in Mexico. Photo Credit - @rhasidat_adeleke

Keeping up with off-season activities: Olympic stars Rhasidat Adeleke and Masai Russell enjoy sisters' vacation in Mexico

Funmilayo Fameso 16:44 - 21.11.2024

Paris Olympians Rhasidat Adeleke and Masai Russell vacationed together in Mexico during the off-season as they shared beautiful pictures.

Paris Olympic stars Rhasidat Adeleke and Masai Russell linked up for a mini sisters vacation in Riviera Maya, Mexico.

The track queens were both standout performers at the Paris Olympic Games. Russell claimed the Olympic gold medal in the women's 100mH event and Adeleke narrowly missed out on a podium placement with a fourth-place finish in the women's 400m event.

Rhasidat Adeleke and Masai Russell

As part of their off-season activities following the end of a successful year, the track stars visited Riviera Maya in Mexico, with pictures shared on Adeleke's Instagram page.

Masai Russell and Rhasidat Adeleke during their vacation in Mexico. Photo Credit - @rhasidat_adeleke via Instagram

"Sending love from Riviera Maya 💌

Got some much needed R&R before preparations begin for next season! Grateful for such a relaxing stay 🌺," wrote the Irish multiple national record holder as her caption.

Adeleke had a brilliant outing at her maiden Olympics in Paris, where she became the first Irish track athlete to qualify for an Olympic women's 400m final and finished fourth in 49.28s, behind the winner, Marileidy Paulino, who ran an Olympic record of 48.17s, Salwa Eid Naser in second in 48.53s, and Natalia Kaczmaerek third in 48.98s.

For Russell, American hurdler powered her way to the Olympic title in a blazing time of 12.33s to out-dip home crowd favourite Cyrena Samba-Mayela in 12.34s as Puerto Rico's defending champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn finished third in 12.36s.

Masai Russell won Olympic 100mH gold medal in Paris

Her underdog story to Olympic glory was one of the athletics highlights at the Games and her blistering time of 12.25s to win the US Olympic trials puts her joint fourth on the all-time list, making her one of the top athletes to watch out for in the next few years.

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