DCU’s Gregan misses out in student test by fraction

DCU’s Brian Gregan put the finishing touch to a spectacular season when he set a new personal best of 45.96 seconds in the final of the men’s 400m at the World University Games in Shenzhen, China.

He finished fifth but was involved in a thrilling contest for third between three athletes as Australia’s Sean Rowe sneaked the bronze medal in 45.93 secs.

Victory went to 19-year-old Hungarian Marcel Deak Nagy, who won the European junior title a couple of weeks ago in Tallinn. A silver medallist at last year’s world junior championships, he got the measure of Peter Matthews (Jamaica) to assert his authority yesterday.