Alex O’Neill and Sarah Healy make their mark at British Milers Club Record Breakers meeting

Nick Griggs was in action over 1500m at the same meeting, the Tyrone athlete trying to book his spot at the World Championships in Tokyo.

Alex O’Neill and Sarah Healy made notable breakthroughs over 800m at the British Milers Club Record Breakers meeting in London on Wednesday evening. Pic: Paolo Bruno/Getty Images.

Alex O’Neill and Sarah Healy made notable breakthroughs over 800m at the British Milers Club Record Breakers meeting in London on Wednesday evening, with O’Neill clocking 2:00.18 to finish sixth and Healy just behind in seventh with 2:00.19.

O’Neill, who outkicked Healy for gold in a thrilling 800m final at the National Championships last month, took over 1.5 seconds off her previous best, moving joint third on the Irish all-time list, with Healy moving fifth and taking over half a second off her previous PB. The race was won by Britain’s Revee Walcott-Nolan in 1:59.05.