Mark English follows record-breaking run with notable time in France
The Finn Valley AC athlete clocked the second fastest indoor time of his career at Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Trophée in Liévin
Mark English underscored his fine form with another top class run in France.
At Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Trophée EDF, English clocked 1:45.82 over 800m - the second fastest indoor time of his career.
At the weekend in New York, the Finn Valley AC athlete broke the Irish indoor 800m when going 1:45.15 at the Millrose Games.
Having become the first Irish athlete to run a 1:45 indoors, English returned across the Atlantic and showed little sign of jetlag,
Eliott Crestan of Belgium won in 1:44.81 with Bryce Hoppel from the United States second in 1:44.98.
Algeria’s Slimane Moula (1:45.37), Mohamed Attaoui from Spain (1:45.64) and France’s Yanis Meziane (1:45.80) followed with English next.
The gold level meet was held in front of a capacity 5,500 in Arena Stade Couvert, Liévin.
A four-time European medallist, the Letterkenny native will target a latest national title later this month with the European Indoors on the horizon in March.