"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:

I have missed out on a few [weddings] during the past year. I definitely want to be a mother, so my plan is to run until 2028 and then retire,'

I always said I would retire in 2024, but because things are going well and I'll be 30 in 2028, that will be enough.

I definitely want to do something other than athletics, but I will be really happy if I make it to the LA Olympics and finish there. If I don't have to sit at a desk for the next four years, I'll be pretty happy.

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."

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