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Ireland’s Mark English. Morgan Treacy/INPHO
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Mark English wins bronze medal for Ireland in the 800m at the European Indoor Athletics Championships

English finished with a time of 1:45:46.
4.36pm, 9 Mar 2025
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MARK ENGLISH HAS won a bronze medal in the 800m at the European Indoor Athletics Championships. 

English finished with a time of 1:45:46. 

Only minutes later, Sarah Healy won a gold medal for Ireland in the 3000m at the European Indoor Athletics Championships. Healy finished with a time of 8:52.86. 

The European Indoor Athletics Championships are taking place in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The 31-year-old has previously won a silver medal in the 2015 Championships and a bronze medal in 2019. 

English, now a five-time European medallist, trails only Sonia O’Sullivan in Ireland’s all-time medal tally at major championships

Samuel Chapple of the Netherlands was a surprise gold medallist at 1:44.88, with Belgium’s Elliot Crestan second at 1:44.92.

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