Athletics: English impresses with season's best in Madrid

Mark English matched his seasons best in an impressive victory at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting

Wed, 22 Feb, 2023 - 20:17

Cathal Dennehy

Mark English underlined his medal potential ahead of next week’s European Indoor Championships in Istanbul by taking an impressive win in the 800m B-race at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Madrid tonight, the 29-year-old Donegal athlete kicking to victory in 1:46.57.

That equalled his season’s best and was the joint-second fastest indoor time of his career, placing English third overall, with only Spain’s Saul Ordonez (1:46.22) and Sweden’s Andreas Kramer (1:46.52) going quicker in the A race.