"It's frustrating at the moment, but when I calm down, I'll probably appreciate it a bit more,"
"It wasn't good enough this time, but I've gotta learn from it. Still, first European home, beaten by three Olympic medallists - it's hard to say I could have done a whole lot better."
"I'm not quite there yet to go out that hard and make it home. I was more comfortable trying to run it the same way I did in the heats and semis: I had to bide my time and hope for an opening. "It didn't really come. If I made a big surge it would have compromised the finish and I made the split second decision to hold off.""
Cian McPhillips finished fourth in the men's 800m final at the World Championships in Tokyo with a national record of 1:42.15, missing a medal by one fifth of a second. Emmanuel Wanyonyi won in a championship record 1:41.86, followed by Djamel Sedjati and Marco Arop. McPhillips was first European home. A swift early pace left McPhillips in seventh through 200m as he chose not to follow the leaders. He said he preferred the same tactical approach as in the heats and semis, planned to bide his time, and decided against a late surge that might have compromised his finish.
Read at Irish Independent
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