SHARLENE Mawdsley continues to lap up the sunshine offered up by Greece at the moment.
Previously she’d shared pics from the beach as well as one of a tattoo she’d gotten done over there.
Now in her latest Instagram story she posted a video that showcases the crystal clear water of the Mediterranean Sea.
The gorgeous backdrop of her beach snaps left followers bowled over with one person jokingly asking: “Is that Curracloe or Rosslare?”
Meanwhile Justin added: “Gorgeous! Enjoy your well-deserved holiday.”
Eimear commented: “Bronzed & hot – just wow. That view.”
On September 9 Mawdsley brought the curtain down on her season in victorious fashion in Switzerland.
Finally free of her track and travel commitments after a gruelling year of competing at the Olympics and European Championships, she set off on a trip that’s all pleasure instead of business.
Judging from the flags evident in one of her photos, the Tipperary woman jetted off to Greece to chase the sun.
Her 2024 season will of course be primarily remembered for her and the rest of the women’s 4x400m quartet coming up agonisingly close of snagging an historic Olympic sprint medal for Team Ireland.
She clearly took being pipped into fourth place in Paris very hard.
Not only was she very tough on herself immediately afterwards in the quartet’s emotional interview with David Gillick but she’s repeated how responsible she felt on a recent podcast appearance.
Speaking with The 2 Johnnies, she explained: “I thought I was in second, but we’ve all gotten the baton at the same time.
“When I looked back on it, I was like, ‘not the end of the world’, because it does take four people and not just me.
“At that time, I thought that’s my fault that we came from second to fourth but we’d actually all gotten the baton at the same time which eased me a little bit.
“I had started crying on the track and then we went over and said thanks to the Irish fans for coming and I had seen my parents and I was like bawling.
MUM’S WORD
“My Mum was like ‘you ran a 49.14’ so that was the fastest I’d ever ran.
“But she could’ve told me I ran a world record and it still wouldn’t have made a difference because I was so upset.
“We went up to the interview and I was last because we go in order so it was Sophie [Becker], Rhasidat [Adeleke] and Phil [Healy].
“The girls were of course already upset and I was bawling and I was like. ‘no I’ll be ready now.’
“As soon as David asked me a question I was gone.
“At the time, I was so embarrassed but looking back it’s good for people to see we don’t just go training everyday for no reason.
“But to be honest I had no idea that we’ll be in that position I genuinely thought we’d be at the back fighting for sixth or seventh.”
Despite the disappointment, the Newport native was honoured with an emotional homecoming.
Next year’s World Championships in Tokyo will be what every athlete bases their 2025 calendar around.
That showpiece event will take place this time next year between September 13-21.