THERE WAS PLENTY of praise for Irish athlete Thomas Barr following his incredible fourth-place finish at the Rio Olympics today.
In the RTÉ studio, an emotional Jesse Barr paid tribute to her brother, saying: “I can’t even put it into words. I know there’s no medal but he ran 47 seconds for the 400m hurdles.
“If you told any of us before Rio that he was going to run sub-48 seconds and come fourth at the Olympic Games and we’d be disappointed… it’s just incredible. I’m so proud of him.
“If he got a medal, it would have been amazing, but he’s going to be so hungry for the next Games, he wants that medal now.”
Former sprint hurdles athlete Derval O’Rourke was similarly effusive in her praise, calling Barr’s display “the best sprint performance we’ve ever had in the history of athletics,” while the Twitterati also reserved high praise for the Waterford native…
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