Mark English is safely into the semi-finals of the men’s 800m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland.
The Finn Valley AC runner won heat 4 this lunchtime in a time of 1:46.42 which qualifies him for Saturday’s semi-finals.
The Letterkenny man was among four Irish athletes involved in the opening session on Day One of the Championships in Torun.
The morning got off to a good start for Ireland with Bori Akinola qualifying for the semi-finals in the 60m after finishing third in his heat.
In the Women’s 800m, Maeve O’Neill qualified for the semi-finals after an impressive second place finish in her heat.
Emma Moore failed to qualify from her heat in the 800m.