Brian Gregan’s World Athletics Championships campaign has drawn to a close with the Dubliner exiting the men’s 400 metres at the semi-final stage.

“It’s my second-fastest time ever, and running that in a heat at eleven o’clock in the morning is just pretty incredible.”

Brian Gregan had been flagged as a potential star ever since his early teens, but the Dubliner became the forgotten man of Irish athletics in recent years after a series of interruptions. However, he roared back to life at the Morton Games in Santry this month, smashing his 400m personal best to win in 45.26. Ahead of his tilt at the World Championships in London, he will compete at the Irish Senior Championships in Santry this weekend

Brian Gregan stole Ciara Mageean’s thunder as he set a new personal best at the Morton games as Mageean missed the two-minute mark.

Brian Gregan has become the latest Irish athlete to qualify for next month’s World Athletics Championships in London, needing to break his 400 metres lifetime best to do so.