Gillick ‘gutted’ at final fifth

DAVID GILLICK was one of the victims as last night’s 400m final turned the form book upside down and the lesser-known of the two Borlee brothers, Kevin, stormed to victory at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona.

The Irishman said he was gutted and he was not the only one in that situation as he found himself just .05 secs away from a medal yet the records will show that he only finished fifth in 45.24 secs.

Borlee, 45.08, was a clear if not emphatic winner but an arm’s length separated the next four runners and the raging hot favourite, Kevin Borlee’s more fancied brother, Jonathan, who set a new Belgian record record at 44.71 secs in the semi-finals was at the tail end of that rush to the line in 45.35 secs.