IRELAND’S newest athletics hero Thomas Barr says he’s unprepared for what the world will throw at him next after his astonishing performances in Rio landed him with a fourth-placed finish.
Wunder-Barr: fourth in the Olympics
The 400m hurdler had suffered with injuries in the build-up to the Games, but came to the fore in his semi-final where he ran a 48.39 national record to qualify, and was agonisingly close to leaving Brazil with a bronze medal as he finished in 47.97 – just 0.05 behind Turkey’s Yasmani Copello.