Donegal’s Mark English came safely through his 800m heat at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham on Monday morning, crossing the line in first place.
The Letterkenny native secured the race win in Heat 1 at the Alexander Stadium by clocking a time of 1.46.95.
He finished ahead of Croatia’s Marino Bloudek in second and Italian athlete Geovanni Lazzaro in third, with all three securing automatic qualification to the semi-finals.
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The Finn Valley AC athlete will be back in action on Wednesday afternoon, with the semi-finals commencing at 12.20pm.
The Donegal man has had a superb season and he’ll be hoping that he can pick up his third European medal in Birmingham.