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The Immensely Proud Reaction As Thomas Barr Sets An Irish Record In 400m Hurdles Final

Mikey Traynor
By Mikey Traynor
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With so much controversy surrounding Irish sport in the past 48 hours, it was unfortunate that Thomas Barr's absolutely outstanding performance in the men's 400m hurdles semi-final.

Barr left all his opponents in his wake with a blistering run, and after a truly fantastic interview with David Gillick the country was eagerly anticipating the final.

Team Ireland were on hand to lend some support in the stadium.

There was excruciating tension as a false start eliminated one of the contenders...

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And then it all went down... Thomas Barr missed out on a medal by five-hundredths of a second...

SO CLOSE!! Thomas Barr ran a fantastic race and set another Irish record, and if it was the 410m hurdles we would have been laughing!

The reactions came flooding in, everyone proud of the effort he made.

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He did us proud out there, a phenomenal run and something to give us all hope for the future.

Well done Thomas Barr!

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