Ireland's Thomas Barr loses out on men’s 400m hurdles final

Thomas Barr produced a time just six-hundredths of a second outside his Irish record, but still bowed out of the men’s 400m hurdles at the semi-final stage at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

The customary late surge was there for the Waterford athlete from Ferrybank AC, but the World Universities champion could only come fourth in his semi-final, keeping him in the second and final fastest-loser spot, but ultimately he would be fourth-fastest loser, seeing him eliminated.