No luck for the Irish so far at European Athletics

Mark English put to bed a glum night for Ireland at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich, by qualifying for Friday ngiht’s final of the men’s 800 metres – but it was a close-run thing.

English needed to hang on as a fastest loser after being outkicked in the closing straight, knocked down into fourth place by Poland’s Artur Kucizpski and Andreas Bube of Denmark.