Boost for Gillick ahead of World Championships

David Gillick has received a huge boost ahead of the World Track and Field Championships as he was today named the Crowne Plaza Athlete of the Month for July.

The Dundrum South Dublin athlete was given the award in recognition of his run at the Meeting de Madrid in early July where he became the first Irish athlete to break the 45 second mark in the 400m, posting a time of 44.77.

The award will be a timely boost for Gillick as he gets ready to take to the track in Berlin on August 18 in the heats of the 400m.

"I am very happy with how things have gone so far this season," he said.

"It was always an aim of mine to break 45 and this is something that hangs over you until you do it and now that I have I can push on. The season has been very consistent for me so far so I just want to try and maintain this."

"The one thing I have been really happy with aside from my times is that I have been placing well.

"When it comes to championships it doesn’t matter what time you run as long as you the placing to progress through the rounds. If it comes to a semi final or final I don’t care what time I run as long as it gets me into the top three."

David Gillick will open his World championships in the heats of the 400m at 10:05am on Tuesday August 18 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium.

The World Championships take place from the August 15 -23.