Overview
- English won the 800m in Shanghai on Saturday in 1:43.85, a meeting record, edging Botswana’s Kethobogile Haingura by 0.04 seconds.
- He sat in the pack for most of the race and then burst through the final 50 meters to snatch the lead on the home straight.
- Haingura clocked 1:43.89 and American Brandon Miller took third in 1:44.00, with the victory earning English a $20,000 first prize.
- The result is his first official Diamond League victory and the first by an Irish male athlete, distinct from his non-league 800m win in Birmingham in 2019.
- He credited altitude training in Sierra Nevada and coach Justin Rinaldi for his form, and he plans to race in Rabat and Rome before the European Championships in August.