Gillick savours his golden moment

WITH less than 46 seconds of sheer magic Ireland’s David Gillick not only defended his European indoor 400m title at the NIA in Birmingham on Saturday.

In the process he brought the might of German and British 400m running to its knees, ran the fifth fastest indoor time by a European and posted his Olympic qualifying standard for Beijing.

Breaking the national record for a second time in just four races this season, he finished in a world class 45.52 secs.