Mark English (Letterkenny AC ) finished 8th in this morning’s 1.000 meters final at the youth Olympics in Singapore. Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Held in very warm conditions of 35 degrees, the fast early pace was set by Sudanese athlete Abdelrahman who went through 400 meters in 53.70, with Geleto of Ethiopia going through 800m in 1.53.15.
English moved to the front of the bunch at the 300 meters mark but when Geleto kicked for home at 200 he split the field apart, with the Letterkenny man unable to maintain contact. In the resulting bunch sprint to the line he finished eight in a time of 2.24.95, just outside his best of 2:24.53. Geleto took gold in an impressive 2.19.94 with silver going to the fast finishing Driouch of Qatar 2.21.25 and Briton Charlie Grice got up for bronze in 2.21.85.
While disappointed at not making the medals this has been a fantastic season for English and he can look forward to the future with confidence. Athletics Ireland compliments both Mark and Kate Veale on their outstanding achievements this season.
1 305 GELETO Mohammed ETH 14 JAN 1994 2 2:19.54 PB
2 575 DRIOUCH Hamza QAT 16 NOV 1994 1 2:21.25
3 335 GRICE Chartie GBR 7 NOV 1993 6 2:21.85 PB
4 287 JORJO Chuchu ERI 5 APR 1993 5 2:22.00
5 180 CUNHA Joseilton BRA 1 MAR 1993 10 2:24.14 PB
6 285 MANSOUR Ahmed EGY 2 MAR 1993 9 2:24.22
7 626 RUDOLF Zan SLO 9 MAY 1993 3 2:24.24 PB
8 400 ENGLISH Mark IRL 18 MAR 1993 7 2:24.95
9 637 ABDELRAHMAN Elnazer SUO 1 JAN 1994 11 2:29.79
10 152 MASCOLL Anthonio BAR 17 JAN 1993 8 2:37.14
490 LABALI Abdelhadi MAR 26 APR 1993 4 DQ R 163.3b
Intermediate times 400m 53.70 537 ABDELRAHMAN Elnazer (SUO)
8OOm 1:53.15 305 GELETO Mohammed (ETH