RHASIDAT Adeleke realised she'd reached a new level of fame post-Olympics when she got mobbed by fans while out with friends at Dundrum Shopping Centre. Despite still only being 22, she has clearly been a star on the rise for several years as she has continually lay waste to one national record after another. However, competing in an Olympic Games in a European timezone meant she was provided with a platform that vaulted her into becoming a household name nationwide. She's now reflected on how her Paris experience, which ultimately featured two heartbreaking near-misses when it came to medals, changed her life forever. Speaking to The Sunday Times she used the example of going for a day out at Dundrum Shopping Centre with friends while on a visit home from her Texas training base in October. She recalled: “I was stopped by like 50 people and had a bunch of people around me asking for pictures and autographs and stuff. “It’s insane because I just went to Dundrum as I normally would. "But I almost forget that I have, I guess, some sort of presence now. It’s really cool. It honestly is really cool. “In comparison, being out here in Austin, Texas, where I can just walk around freely, nobody really knows who I am. "So it kind of makes me forget that I do have that presence back home. But yeah, it’s a blessing.” Elsewhere in the interview the Tallaght native explained the different approach she and coach Edrick Floreal are taking this year. They found that she wore out over the course of her mammoth 2024 exploits. So in order to prevent that happening again, they opted to skip the indoor season entirely with peaking for September's World Championships in Tokyo the number one priority. Detailing their collaborative approach, she added: “My coach is very focused on us achieving our targets at the World Championships in September. "By the time it came to September last year, I was so burnt out physically and mentally. We had just been go, go, go, go, go. "The base that I had was wearing away. So what my coach decided to do was more so keep the base going, keep doing that groundwork and then we’ll sharpen up close to the championships. “I’ve run three times this season so far and each time I was like, ‘Oh my God, I feel very different. I don’t feel as sharp. I don’t feel as quick. I feel sluggish.’ "And my coach is trying to remind me: ‘Ray, you’re not trying to break the world record right now. Focus on the goal.’" The Corporate Communications graduate did line out for Team Ireland at this month's World Relays though. It was very much a case of mission accomplished once the A-team of her, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sophie Becker and Rachel McCann hit the qualification time required to book a place in Tokyo. So neither she nor Mawdsley, Becker or McCann ran in the ensuing final. It was a similar story at that same meet in China as regards the mixed 4x400metre quartet. Once again Adeleke helped a strong line-up to post the necessary World Championships qualification mark in their heat so she and the other most high-profile sprinters were rested for the final.