TEAM IRELAND's Thomas Barr has finished fourth in the men's 400m final in Rio after missing out on a medal by an agonising five hundredths of a second.
The Waterford native ran yet another Irish record having beaten his own time in the semi-finals, this time going sub-48 on a time of 47.97.
USA took gold through Kerron Clement, with Boniface Mucheru Tumuti (Kenya) finishing second while Yasmani Copello (Turkey) finished just ahead of the Irishman in the medal positions.
Here are the men's 400m hurdle final results
Four NRs and a PB, none good enough to beat Clement
Quality 400m hurdle race that. Well done everyone#Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/2pNDJKeQrx
— SPIKES (@spikesmag) August 18, 2016
And here's Barr's reaction
Thomas Barr talks to RTÉ Sport after his fourth placed finish in the Olympic men's 400m hurdles final #rterio2016 https://t.co/C62RQKlZht
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) August 18, 2016
