Mark English breaks 800m National Record in Budapest by over half a second
The Finn Valley athlete has taken over half a second off his own National Record in Budapest
Mark English has smashed his own Irish National Record in the 800m in Budapest.
The Finn Valley athlete set a time of 1:43.37 at the Gyulai István Memorial - a World Athletics Gold level meet.
English finished second behind Kenyan athlete Laban Kipkorir Chepkwony, who won in a time of 1:42.96.
It shaves over half a second off the Letterkenny man's previous record of 1:43.92, which he set in the Netherlands in June, becoming the first Irish athlete to run a sub-1:44 800m.
It’s another huge performance from English, who is in his first year under coach Justin Rinaldi and the Fast 8 Track Club.
And this performance lays down another marker as he looks towards the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo next month.