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06 Sept 2025

Schoolchildren get a hold of Mark English's European bronze medal

The Finn Valley AC athlete won the 800m bronze at last month's European Championships. This week, English visited Gaelscoil Adhamháin and St Patrick’s NS, Lurgybrack in Letterkenny to show off his medal

First up on Tuesday was Gaelscoil Adhamháin, where excited children greeted the man of the moment in Donegal sport.

Mark, who competed at last year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, was only two hundredths of a second from the 800m final at this year’s World Championships.

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