Thomas Barr first place in 400m hurdles semi-final; breaks Irish record

Thomas Barr scorched to a new Irish record of 48.39 seconds in winning his 400m hurdles semi-final at the Rio Olympics writes Will Downing.

Barr produced his usual scintillating come-from-behind surge in the closing straight to rise from fourth to first over the last two hurdles, taking out Kenyan Haron Koech and American Byron Robinson to win the semi.