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Mark English
Mark English clocked another superb time in Oslo on Thursday night.
The Finn Valley AC athlete finished the 800m at the Bislett Games in 1:44.33 - the second fastest time of his career.
At the Diamond League meet in the Bislett Stadium, English finished seventh in a race loaded by some of the world’s best 800m runners.
The time came three nights after he broke the Irish record in a stunning a 1:43.92 in Hengelo on Monday at the FBK Games. That was the second time in 11 days that the Letterkenny native broke the Irish record having recorded a 1:44.34 in Bydgoszcz.
It has been quite the year for English, the 32-year-old having won European Indoor bronze in Apeldoorn in March.
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The 800m at the Bislett Games was won by the Olympic champion, Emmanuel Wanyonyi from Kenya, who finished in 1:42.78, ahead of Spain’s Mohamed Attaoui, this in 1:42.90.
English, now coached by Australian Justin Rinaldi, has already secured his place at the World Athletics Championships, which take place in Tokyo in September.
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