Kidd: Irish record on for Gillick

JIM KIDD, David Gillick’s former coach at Dundrum/South Dublin, predicts he will break the Irish record in the final of the men’s 400m at the world championships in Berlin this evening (8.20 pm Irish time).

Gillick goes into the final on top of his form after running 44.88 in Wednesday night’s semi-finals to get through among the two fastest losers. Twice winner of the European indoor 400m title, this is his first final at a global championship so he will be covering new territory again.

In the past he appeared to lack confidence in his own ability at the penultimate stage but he has demonstrated clearly in Berlin that confidence abounds this time around.