Waterford's Thomas Barr is through to the semi-final of the 400m hurdles at the Olympic Games.
The Ferrybank AC man came in with a time of 49.02 seconds to finish second in his heat behind world record holder, Norway's Karsten Warholm.
A delighted Barr said he was happy with his assured performance.
"It felt good it was nice and controlled... I went out nice and relaxed and that was the aim to go out calm and relaxed in the heat.
"I'm always a bit nervous for the first round heats of a championship because you never know what way it's going to go.
"My aim going into this was to get second place behind Warholm and I know he could turn on the tap so there was no point in trying to go past him," Barr said.
You can listen back to his post race interview with Cathal Dennehy here:
https://www.spreaker.com/user/wlrfm/thomasbarrfullinterview
