Mark English has just failed to beat his personal best despite a superb run in Italy today.
Mark English ran another super race today
The Letterkenny man ran 1.44.89 to come fourth in the 800 metres.
English was hoping the meeting in Rieti would round off his season in style as he sought to beat a personal time of 1.44.84.
The 20 year old student is just two hundreths of a second off the Irish 800m record, held by Kildare man David Matthews, who ran 1:44.82 in Rieti almost two decades ago.
English competed in the World Championships earlier this month, but didn’t get out of his heat despite showing a brilliant turn of place to put in an excellent final 100m.
The Donegal athlete can consider this another superb season as he builds to challenge the very best in the world.