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For English, it was a first Diamond League win of his career, having previously won a Diamond League 800m non-league event back in August 2019, when he took victory at the Alexander Stadium in the Muller Grand Prix in Birmingham.<\/p>\n
He becomes the first Irish male athlete to win a Diamond League event, joining fellow Irish athletes Ciara Mageean, Rhasidat Adeleke and Sarah Healy in winning events in the elite series.<\/p>\n
After the race, English said “it felt great” to win the race against an accomplished field of middle distance runners.<\/p>\n
“I wasn’t really thinking about the time. I’m delighted to get the win and to beat those guys in a sprint finish.<\/p>\n
“There were parts of that race where I thought they were getting away from me. It was just a matter of hanging on and thankfully I had enough left in that last 50m.”<\/p>\n
English had shown good form in recent months, setting two indoor personal bests during the winter.<\/p>\n
He broke his own 600m Indoor Irish record with a time of 1:15:80 in January, the first Irish man to break 1:16 in the event.<\/p>\n
The two-time European Championships bronze medallist followed that up with a new 800m indoor Irish record, his time of 1:44.23 set in February. <\/p>\n
English has also collected one silver and two bronze medals at European Indoor Championships.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n