Irish 400m duo through to World Indoor final

Ireland's Paul McKee and David McCarthy are through to the men's 400m final at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.

Ireland's Paul McKee and David McCarthy are through to the men's 400m final at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.

McKee ran a fantastic race to win his semi-final in a new national record time of 46.24 seconds.

Great Britain's Jamie Baulch and Daniel Batman of Australia finished second and third respectively and also qualify for tomorrow's medal decider.

McCarthy ran a personal best time of 46.61 when finishing third behind Daniel Caines and Tyree Washington in the second semi-final.

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Meanwhile, James Nolan missed out on a medal in the men's 1,500m final after finishing sixth behind Driss Maazouzi (3:42.59) of France in a time of 3.44.67.

Kenyan Bernard Lagat collected the silver medal while Abdelkader Hachlaf of Morocco won bronze.