ENGLISH SETS NEW NATIONAL RECORD WITH 800m VICTORY

MARK English claimed his third outdoor track triumph of the season and became the first Irishman to break 1:44 for 800m at the FBK Games in Hengelo yesterday.

- by MICHAEL SCULLY

English, 32, produced another scintillating finish to cross the line in first place ahead of France's Yanis Meziane and Australia’s Peyton Craig after sitting off the early pace at the event in the Netherlands, thus franking his recent strong form.

The Donegal star clocked a new national record time of 1:43.92, bettering his previous best of 1:44.34 set 10 days ago in Bydgoszcz — both events were part of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series.