Tipperary’s Sharlene Mawdsley has gotten her European Team Championships campaign off to a flying start.
The Newport sprinter won her heat in division three of the women’s 400m in Silesia, Poland.
Sharlene ran her second fastest time ever, winning in a time of 51.55 seconds.
Mawdsley is part of the Irish team hoping to gain enough points to earn promotion to Division 2.
