English shakes off infection but faces battle to reach final

Mark English has recovered from a respiratory tract infection and is looking forward to leading a small Irish team of to the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland next week (March 7-9).

“I’m finally over my infection for five days now and feel good in myself again,” said English, who will compete in the 800m on the first day of competition.

The UCD student set a new national indoor record of 1:46.82 in Athlone at the AAI Games on February 2 but with no semi-finals in Sopot it will be a tough ask to make the final.