Mark English lowers 800m national record again in Madrid
Mark English has lowered his national 800m record for the second time in a week with a superb 1:44.53 run to finish fourth at the Continental Tour meeting in Madrid on Friday night.
Players.bio is a large online platform sharing the best live coverage of your favourite sports: Football, Golf, Rugby, Cricket, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA, plus the latest sports news, transfers & scores. Exclusive interviews, fresh photos and videos, breaking news. Stay tuned to know everything you wish about your favorite stars 24/7. Check our daily updates and make sure you don't miss anything about celebrities' lives.
Mark English has lowered his national 800m record for the second time in a week with a superb 1:44.53 run to finish fourth at the Continental Tour meeting in Madrid on Friday night.
Mark English has set a new Irish record and qualified for his third Olympic Games after running the 800m in 1 minute 44.69 seconds in Turku, Finland.
Israel Olatunde ran a season's best time of 10.31 seconds to reach the semi-finals of the men's 100m at the European Athletics Championships in Rome.
Ciara Mageean and Sarah Healy both advanced to the final of the 1500m at the European Athletics Championships on the opening day of action in Rome.
Mark English clocked a season's best time of one minute 44.95 seconds to finish fourth in the 800m at the Bislett Games meeting in Oslo.
Athletics Ireland has announced an initial squad for June's European Athletics Championships in Rome.
Rhasidat Adeleke and Roisin Flanagan were in record-breaking form this evening at the prestigious Millrose Games in New York.
Without it being a case of celebrating fourth place finishes, it's a truism that global medals have proved particularly hard to come by for Irish athletes while narrow podium misses have ended up being portents for better things to come.