Watch an elated Thomas Barr: ‘There’s nothing like an Olympics’

“To be anywhere close to a medal, I’m absolutely thrilled."

Irish athlete Thomas Barr came within a fraction of a second of an Olympics medal this afternoon but said afterwards that he had a fantastic experience at the Games.

The Waterford runner was just five hundredths of a second behind Turkey's Yasmani Copello in third and joked: “Fourth is the worst place to come!”