Thomas Barr of Ferrybank AC in Waterford set a new national record in the 400m hurdles when he ran 48.65 seconds in a Diamond League race in Rome on Thurs 4th June 2015. This time broke his old national record of 48.90 seconds and he is currently one of the fastest Europeans on the circuit.
As you can see from the top 5 Irish times below, he is well ahead of the rest...
1 48.65 Thomas Barr 24 Jul 92 GGala Roma 4 Jun 2015
2 49.73 Tom McGuirk 2 Mar 71 5 Jenner San José CA 1 Jun 1996
3 50.13 Jason Harvey 9 Apr 91 Dublin 28 Jul 2013
4 50.76 Brian Liddy 16 Jun 77 Göteborg 30 Jul 1999
5 51.11 Ciaran McDunphy 26 May 64 Dublin 30 Jun 1985
Race video....Thomas is in Yellow in lane 2...
Fantastic performance once again from Thomas Barr. Really flying at the moment. Doha was excellent, this is even better. That's a full quarter of a second off his own Irish record. Really exciting given that the world championships are starting in 11 weeks time.....
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