BREAKING NEWS: DONEGAL athlete Mark English set a new ‘A’ Championship best at the Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium in London this evening.
He finished sixth in a time of 1.44:84 – just two hundreds of a second outside the Irish record in the 800m.
The 20-year-old beat the British No1 in the process.
Tonight Ireland team manager Patsy McGonagle described the run as “astounding and outstanding.”
He told Donegal Daily: “This was the best run ever by a Donegal athlete. I can’t think of enough superlatives to describe that run.
“It was out of this world. This boy is still 20 and is off to Moscow to represent Ireland in the world championships.
“Honestly I’ve never been so proud. English was brilliant.”
Full Result:
SYMMONDS Nick
1:43.67
SB
SOLOMON Duane
1:44.12
JOHNSON Brandon
1:44.19
KINYOR Job
1:44.35
MULDER Tyler
1:44.72
ENGLISH Mark
1:44.84
PB
ABBOTT Joe
1:45.04
PB
RIMMER Michael
1:45.46
KSZCZOT Adam
1:45.65
MOHAMMED Mukhtar
1:45.67
PB
GREER Elijah
1:45.96
SCHERER Matthew
DNF
