TUNDE-RFUL
Irish Daily Mirror|October 05, 2022
Sprint star Israel has offers on table after record run
MICHAEL SCULLY
TUNDE-RFUL

IRELAND'S new sprint star Israel Olatunde is weighing up his options having had offers to move the US and elsewhere to continue his career.

Olatunde, 20, chose not to take the path chosen by Rhadisat Adeleke who, after her Leaving Cert, moved to the University of Texas to pursue her sprint dreams.

That call has worked out well for Adeleke, who enjoyed a very successful first year in the States, becoming the first Irish woman to win an NCAA title in a sprint event.

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