Mark English continued his impressive rise by winning his 800m heat at the World Junior Athletics Championships in Barcelona yesterday.

FIONNUALA BRITTON beat a quality field to notch up another victory in Saturday’s IAAF Grand Challenge Cross Country International over a rain-sodden course in Greenmount, Antrim.

BEN KIELY (Ferrybank AC) produced another sensational, record-breaking performance in the final of the boys’ 400m hurdles to claim a second gold medal for Ireland at the European Youth Olympics in Trabzon, Turkey, yesterday.

SPRINTERS Paul Hession (Athenry AC) and Derval O’Rourke (Leevale AC) will captain the Irish team to compete in the European Team championships in Slovakia this weekend.

THE dominance of Dublin City Harriers in the Mazda/AAI Track and Field League final continued in Tullamore when they captured the Men’s Premier Division title for the 16th time since the inauguration of the competition in 1974.