MARK ENGLISH HAS smashed his own Irish record over 800m with a superb run at the Gyulai István Memorial, a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet, in Budapest today.
The Donegal man ran 1:43.37 to finish second to Kenya’s Laban Kipkorir Chepkwony, who won in a time of 1:42.96.
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Mark English (Finn Valley AC) obliterates his own Irish record over 800m clocking 1:43.37 to finish second at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Budapest 🙌
English’s run is over half a second faster than his previous record of 1:43.92, which he set in June.
That result saw English, 32, become the first Irishman to run the 800m under 1:44.
English, who switched coach to Justin Rinaldi of the Fast 8 Track Club following the Paris Olympics, has now clocked all of his six fastest ever times this year.
Today’s result in Budapest is subject to ratification.
Meanwhile, Darragh McElhinney of Bantry AC clocked a PB of 7:35.16 to finish seventh in the men’s 3000m.
The result moved the Cork man to fifth on the Irish all-time list.
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Mark English smashes his own 800m Irish record in Budapest
MARK ENGLISH HAS smashed his own Irish record over 800m with a superb run at the Gyulai István Memorial, a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet, in Budapest today.
The Donegal man ran 1:43.37 to finish second to Kenya’s Laban Kipkorir Chepkwony, who won in a time of 1:42.96.
English’s run is over half a second faster than his previous record of 1:43.92, which he set in June.
That result saw English, 32, become the first Irishman to run the 800m under 1:44.
English, who switched coach to Justin Rinaldi of the Fast 8 Track Club following the Paris Olympics, has now clocked all of his six fastest ever times this year.
Today’s result in Budapest is subject to ratification.
Meanwhile, Darragh McElhinney of Bantry AC clocked a PB of 7:35.16 to finish seventh in the men’s 3000m.
The result moved the Cork man to fifth on the Irish all-time list.
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