Mark English is a European Gold medallist.
The Finn Valley AC man won the 800 metres final in Birmingham tonight.
It’s the sixth time that the Letterkenny native has won a European medal and he now finally has the gold medal he has craved throughout his career.
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English started well and powered home to win in a time of 1:45.26 ahead of Croatia’s Marino Bloudek and Spain’s Mohamed Attaouai.
The 33-year-old becomes the first Irish male to win a European Athletics Championship Gold medal.