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The moment Thomas Barr ran into his parents after the Olympic final was just lovely

Leapt on him.

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THE WHOLE COUNTRY seemed to be watching Waterford man Thomas Barr’s Olympic 400m hurdles final in Rio yesterday.

He came agonisingly close to a medal by finishing in fourth place – and his family and friends watching on were class.

But just as he was getting interviewed in the stadium after – his parents saw him for the first time since the race <3

And they absolutely leapt on him with pride

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Thomas hadn’t seen them in so long that day he was just like: “THEY’RE ALIVE!”

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And sure his tweets late last night were just as sound

Always thinking of people back home and their celebrating time.

And his new Twitter bio is equally as understated:

“Didn’t expect it, but that’ll do…”

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Some performance.

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Written by David Elkin and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    Aug 19th 2016, 5:55 PM

    Thomas’s parent are, of course, the ones who raised the Barr….

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    Aug 19th 2016, 5:15 PM

    Thomas Barry as our Minister of SPORT would call him.

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    Aug 19th 2016, 6:51 PM

    Our future medalist in Tokyo!

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