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Mark English confirmed for high-profile race in Belfast

written by Chris McNulty April 23, 2021
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MARK English has been confirmed for the Belfast Irish Milers Meet next month.

The Finn Valley AC man will line up against a world-class field at the Mary Peters Track on May 29.

The three-time European medalist has shown promise this year, already lowering his Irish indoor record to 1:46.10.

To automatically qualify for the Olympic Games, English needs to go 1:45.20.

English is also expected at other high-profile races in the coming weeks as his attempts to make it back to the Olympics step up.

English competed at the 2016 Games in Rio.

His outdoor best is 1:44.84, set in July 2013 in London, just two one hundredths of a second outside the Irish record of David Matthews,  which has stood for 25 years.

“That’s always been an aim of mine,” he said in an interview with Donegal Daily/Donegal Sport Hub earlier this year.

“I know that I’m in the shape to break it. I just need to get into the right race in the next two or three months.”

The Belfast Irish Milers Meet, in association with Kinetica, is organised by Eamonn Christie.

Mark English confirmed for high-profile race in Belfast was last modified: April 23rd, 2021 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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