Second spot as Mark English makes post-Olympic race return
The Finn Valley AC 800m runner was in action at the Palio Città della Quercia, a silver level part of the World Athletics Continental Tour
Mark English returned to action on Tuesday evening with a second-place finish in Italy.
The Finn Valley AC man clocked 1:45.17 at Palio Città della Quercia in Rovereto.
Over two laps of Stadio Quercia, English was behind only Catalin Tecuceanu, the Romanian-born Italian athlete who was the European bronze medallist earlier this year.
The meeting was a silver level part of the World Athletics Continental Tour, with Tecuceanu winning in 1:45.06.
English got in ahead of Kenya's Aaron Kemei Cheminingwa, the 2023 African Games gold medal winner, who crossed in 1:45.20
It was English's first race after the Olympic Games, where the Letterkenny native reached the 800m semi-finals.
After clocking 1:45.15 in his heat – his fastest ever Olympic time – English was sixth in his semi, finishing in 1:45.98, trailing off in the closing stages having led the way with 200m to go.