Mark English

Mark English ran a clever, composed and absolutely brilliant 800mts on Saturday night, to win a medal for the fourth time in his career at the European ...

He was almost snarling in the race, there was no way he wasn't getting a medal tonight." He was very close to making the final in Eugene (The World championships), and it's a shame that he didn't, but this is just reward for him for everything he's put in this year," she continued. I was quited goosed out there tonight, it was difficult to hold on, so I'm just really glad I came away with the medal. He was cool and composed as ever and showed class and true speed to hold off the fast finishing Andreas Kramer to take the bronze with his time of 1.45.15. But he's very patient and very brave to hold onto his spot there on the inside - he doesn't run a metre more than he needed to. And he needed every ounce of it on the Munich track.

The Finn Valley AC man delivered a superb final race to earn a place on the podium in Munich.

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Mark English ran the race of his life to win bronze in the European 800 metres final in Munich. The 29-year-old Letterkenny man looked composed and finished ...

He was very patient and very brave. “It was great and well deserved. English was the third fastest qualifier into the final having finished third in his semi-final on Friday evening in a time of 1:46.66.

After a tactically smart run, Mark English has secured his second-ever European medal for Ireland after landing bronze in the 800m final.

She progressed to the semi-final by virtue of her top 12 ranking and set a time of 12.79 en route to finishing third . Just before the 29-year-old took to the track, Sarah Lavin set a personal best to book her place in the women's 100m hurdles final. After a tactically smart run, Mark English has secured his second-ever European medal for Ireland after landing bronze in the 800m final.

What a performance!Mark English has claimed a bronze medal in the 800m final at the European Championships, producing a brilliant run in Munich this evening ...

I came tenth in the World Championships and I came third here, so I'll count that as an achievement for this year. I think the standard has gone up again, so I'll try and get as many ranking points as I can while I'm in good shape. Speaking to RTÉ after the race, Mark English said he was thrilled to come away with a bronze medal. I have heard from older athletes that the hunger could go, it's tough to keep it up. Since joining the group he has gone from strength to strength and will feel like his best days are ahead of him. He looked comfortable in the race, leading from the front throughout.

If Mark English felt the pressure, then he didn't show it. If he felt the burden of expectation, the requirement for him to close these magnificent European ...

Yet I've come so far in 12 months and I have to be so appreciative. Gidey, still just 21, had come to Ireland as an asylum seeker in 2017, having fled Eritrea in 2016 and he then spent six months at the refugee camp in Calais before arriving in Dublin. I've overcome so many different things since then and tonight was a performance up there at the best in Europe. Gidey endured a rough time in 2021 but this run – against the best in Europe – marks a highpoint in his career. I wanted to come here and get silverware and I have done that and I’m really happy.” “I have to be so proud to come to a championship and go quicker than before,” she said. Earlier in the night Lavin had smashed her PB of 12.84 when clocking 12.79 to finish third in her semi-final, advancing as a time qualifier. “I definitely felt that weight so it is nice to have it off my shoulders now.” In addition, English has won silver and bronze at the European Indoor Championships. With a thoroughly composed, classy and confident display, the 29-year-old Donegal native won a brilliant bronze medal in the European 800m final tonight, clocking 1:45.19 to finish third. The Finn Valley athlete clocked a national record of 1:44.71 last summer and at this year’s World Championships, he narrowly missed the 800m final, finishing 10th. I just kept looking at the screen.

Mark English has claimed Ireland's second medal of these European Championships with a bronze in the men's 800m final. The Donegal man had delivered two ...

I just kept looking at the screen. “I never doubted it, that’s the thing about 800m, it’s up and down. The Donegal man had delivered two composed and confident races to make it into tonight’s field.

English became the first Irishman to become a multiple medal at the European Athletics Championships when landing 800m bronze in Munich.

I came tenth in the World Championships and I came third here, so I'll count that as an achievement for this year. I think the standard has gone up again, so I'll try and get as many ranking points as I can while I'm in good shape.” English said: “I had a feeling Garcia would make the same move as he did yesterday. The 29-year-old held his place on the inside and was a comfortable third. Andreas Kramer and Benjamin Robert valiantly attempted to close the gap down the final 100m, but English showed all of his excellence to cross the line in third. English is the first Irishman to become a multiple medal at these Championships.

Mark English captured a bronze medal in the 800m European final in Munich. The Letterkenny man ran beautifully in front of a packed crowd in the Olympic ...

The 28-year-old had previously smashed her personal best earlier in the day with a time of 12.79 and the Limerick hurdler crossed the line in 12.86 in the final. Poland's Pia Krzyszowska crossed the line first for gold with Hungary's Luca Hozak in second and Ditaji Kambundji in third. And the 29-year-old was never in any real danger as he comfortably hung on to third place for the majority of the final 400 metres and crossed the line in 1:45.19. The medal win is his first at the European Championships since his bronze medal win back in 2014. English stormed out of the blocks and was in the leading pack at the half way point. The Letterkenny man ran beautifully in front of a packed crowd in the Olympic Stadium as he crossed the line in third.

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*** Rory McIlroy is now in a share of 11th place during his final round of the BMW Championship in Delaware this evening. The Icelandic team won comfortably in the end, recording a 3-0 win in Slovenia. Ireland have beaten Turkey 7-0 in their final EuroHockey qualifier at the Sport Ireland Campus in Blanchardstown. Mark English has picked up a bronze medal in final of the 800 metres. There's plenty of Irish involvement in the final day of the European Championships in Munich.