Letterkenny’s Mark English achieved the qualifying standard for the IAAF World Championships in his first race of the outdoor season.
The 2015 European Indoor 800m silver medallist was competing in the FBK Games in Hengelo earlier today (SUN).
English ran a time of 1.45.83 to dip inside the required standard of 1.46.00 for the World Track and Field Championships in Beijing which are scheduled to take place from the 22nd-30th of August.
The race in Hengelo was a close contest with rival and current European Indoor Champion Marcin Lewandowski of Poland taking the victory in a time of 1.45.46.