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Barr produces fine effort in Oslo Diamond League event

Thomas Barr has made a promising start to the season
Thomas Barr has made a promising start to the season

Thomas Barr has finished third in the 400m hurdles race at the Diamond League event in Oslo. 

Barr, running from lane one, finished in a season's best time of 48.95 seconds.

Home favourite Karsten Warholm delighted the crowd by winning in a national record of 48.25, with Yasmani Copello of Turkey in second. 

It was a first major event of the year for the Waterford man. 

He ran his first competitive outdoor meet of 2017 last week with a third-place finish in the 400m hurdles heats in Geneva in a time of 49.39. 

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