It's been nearly a month now since the Olympics in Paris finished and it's still in the memories of many Irish fans.
It was Ireland's most successful Olympics to date and it gave us moments that won't be forgotten in a hurry. One of those was the emotional interview from the women's 4x400m relay team after they narrowly missed out on a medal in Paris.
Heading into the final leg it looked like Ireland were in a good position but great runs by two of the best 400m runners in the world Femke Bol and Amber Anning saw Ireland drop to fourth in heartbreaking circumstances.
The team's interview with David Gillock of RTÉ was a real tear-jerker.
So much emotion and so much pride.
So much to take in from this interview with Ireland's fourth place 4x400 relay team. pic.twitter.com/Uk1hSRRWQg
— Balls.ie (@ballsdotie) August 10, 2024
It was a moment which tugged at the heartstrings of fans across Ireland and a month on the final leg runner Sharlene Mawdsley spoke about the moments leading up to that interview.
Speaking on The 2 Johnnies podcast, Tipp native Sharlene Mawdsley spoke about her initial reaction after the race and seeing her family before the now famous interview.
You're the last leg runner and you're in the position, now I didn't know until I watched it back I thought I was in second, but we've all gotten the baton at the same time.
So 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 but 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. Then 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.
And so 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]. So the girls were of course already upset and I was bawling and I was like "no I'll be ready now."
But 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.
She and the rest of the team certainly didn't let their country down and performed magnificently. Sharlene Mawdsley went on further in the interview to say she initially thought about retiring after the Paris Olympics but has changed her mind and it now looks like she'll be training for Los Angeles in 2028.
Hopefully then she can bring the medal home that they deserve.
