Thomas Barr graduates proving he truly is the master of sports performance

“Nice guys finish last,” so goes the old sports adage — Irish Olympian Thomas Patrick Barr is one of the truer exceptions.

With his record-breaking 400m hurdle Olympic final performance from Rio just eight days old, Barr was conferred with a Masters Degree in Sports Performance at the University of Limerick (UL) yesterday.

None of his 24 fellow class graduates could argue that the accolade “master in sports performance” rested best on the Waterford native’s shoulders.