PICTURE: Tipperary's Sharlene Mawdsley posts controversial pizza snap at training camp

Tipperary sprinter Sharlene Mawdsley is in the heat of a training camp but has posted a controversial pizza snap with some interesting toppings.

Pizza toppings usually bring up heated discussions the world over and Sharlene's choice will likely get people talking with her combinations of what appears to be ham, mushroom and basil.

She posted the snap on Instagram with the comment: "Ok, I'm happy now."

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Olympian Sharlene is flying high career-wise right now with success at the European Championships and competing in the Olympics.

However, the Newport native already has one eye on retirement.

Mawdsley sprinted her way into becoming a household name during the Olympics alongside her teammates, but at just 26 years of age, she already thinks of her exit from the sport.

Chatting to the Irish Independent, Sharlene explained that her demanding training schedule means that everything in her personal life needs to be planned out including attending family weddings.

That, along with starting the next chapter of her life, has prompted her plan to retire from the sport after the 2028 Olympic games, and she revealed that when the time comes to hang up her running shoes, one of her top goals will be to start a family.

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

Doubling down on her plan Sharlene said that she initially had planned to walk away from the sport after the 2024 Olympics but had a change of heart when she and the team performed so well.

Sharlene said: "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."

Sharlene also revealed that she has no problem shutting down negative commentary over the team’s fourth-place ranking during the 2024 Olympics.

"Sometimes I’ll bark back and say 'How did you get on at the Olympics?'"

Her words come as she recently moved to London to try something new post-Olympics.