Mark English has broken his own Irish 800m record on his way to victory at this evening’s World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Bydgoszcz, Poland (May 30th).
English looked as composed as ever throughout the opening 400 meters, and stayed on strongly down the home straight to clock the new record time of 1:44.34, bettering his previous best of 1:44.53 which he set in Madrid last June.
This evening’s performance follows on from a hugely impressive win at the Sound Running Track Fest in Los Angeles last weekend, with the now five-time European medallist posting a 1:44.75 on that occasion which pointed to a big run this evening.
The Finn Valley athlete has continued to build on the indoor form which saw him claim European bronze back in March, a result which now sees him trail only Sonia O’Sullivan in Ireland’s all-time medal tally at major championships.
Full result: https://tinyurl.com/yeyawshy
Record subject to ratification.
