Barr finishes fourth in Rome

Thomas Barr had to make do with fourth-place at tonight’s latest Diamond League meeting in Rome, but the Waterford star did record his second-fastest 400m hurdles of the season as Rai Benjamin of the United States decimated the field.

Barr had the disadvantage of being in the lane immediately inside the American, as Benjamin stormed away at the gun, leaving a massive gap to the Irishman’s right.