Fantastic fourth place for Mark English at Anniversary Games in London

MARK ENGLISH has finished in an excellent fourth place in the 800m of the Anniversary Games in London.

The Letterkenny native was part of a top class field in front of the packed Olympic Stadium in Stratford, running a season’s best of 1:45.49.

Botswana’s Nijel Amos was first home in a time of 1:44.57 to get the better of David Rudisha, the Olympic champion from Kenya, who clocked 1:44.67. Third place went to Adam Kszczot from Poland in 1:44.85, while English finished well to come fourth.

It was a fine performance from UCD student English, who finished in eighth place in the final of the recent European U23 Athletics Championships in Tallinn in a disappointing 1:50.42.

Here’s the official word …