English smashes national record with victory in Luxembourg

RECORD-BREAKER: Mark English of Finn Valley AC, Donegal.

Mark English carved half a second off his Irish indoor 800m record when powering to victory in 1:44.65 at the CMCM Luxembourg Indoor Meeting on Sunday afternoon.

The 32-year-old Donegal athlete ran a patient race, sitting off the pace in the opening half and striking the front entering the last turn – his time equalling the meeting record and smashing the national record of 1:45.15 that he’d run at the Millrose Games in New York last year.