Mark English took another big step forward by smashing his Irish indoor 800m record at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on Tuesday evening, the Donegal athlete finishing third in the world-class field in 1:44.23. Victory went to Belgium’s Eliott Crestan in a meeting record of 1:43.83, with Poland’s Maciej Wyderka second in a national record of 1:44.07. English carved 0.42 off his previous Irish record, which he set in Luxembourg last month. English has never started a year quite like this, having now taken close to a second off the Irish indoor record of 1:45.15 that he ran in New York last February. Moore recently broke the Irish U-23 indoor record with 2:01.21 in Abbotstown.

Source: Irish Independent February 04, 2026 06:24 UTC