Advertisement League of Ireland Horse Racing TV Listings GAA Fixtures The Video Review Sport meets news, current affairs, society & pop culture Rugby Weekly Extra Dive into all the news and analysis 3 times a week The Football Family Weekly insights from the week’s big talking points Advertisement More Stories Mark English (file photo).Morgan Treacy/INPHO FreeAthletics Mark English breaks his own 800m national record in Poland Another superb run from the Donegal man. 9.13pm, 30 May 2025 Share options MARK ENGLISH HAS broken his own Irish 800m record while winning at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Poland. The Donegal star clocked 1:44.34 for victory in Bydgoszcz, securing automatic qualification for the World Athletics Championships in the process. English finished ahead of Croatia’s Marino Bloudek (1:44.74) and Filip Ostrowski of Poland (1:44.96), who both ran personal bests in a highly-competitive race. Advertisement English’s previous national record was 1:44.53, set in Madrid last June. 💥𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃💥 Mark English breaks his own Irish 800m record to take the win at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Bydgoszcz, Poland 🙌 ℹ️Full result: https://t.co/4rcb8titNw *Record subject to ratification#IrishAthletics pic.twitter.com/aXMpHwzKYS— Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) May 30, 2025 This evening’s performance follows on from a hugely impressive win in Los Angeles last weekend, where the 32-year-old posted 1:44.75. The now five-time European medallist has had a superb 2025 to date, with his European Indoor bronze in March seeing him trail only Sonia O’Sullivan in Ireland’s all-time medal tally at major championships. Elsewhere at the same meet in Bydgoszcz, Cathal Doyle finished third the men’s 1500m. The Dubliner clocked 3:34.67, earning coveted ranking points to improve his chances for qualification for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September. 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