English produces storming kick to advance in Barcelona

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

English was awarded victory in his heat having finished second, due to original winner Fiker Bekele of Ethiopia breaking out of his lane too early.

The Letterkenny AC athlete was bumped on the back straight during the final lap, and found himself towards the back, but a major surge of pace gave him the kick to join Bekele and Germany’s Dennis Krüger in the closing straight.