English just beaten by Rudisha's world best over 500m

UCD's Mark English was just beaten by Olympic 800m champion David over 500m yesterday (September 10) in Newcastle at the Great North City Games.

Rudisha produced a world's best performance over the rarely run distance in 57.69 to English's 57.91 - a time which put him second on the all-time list. 

Afterwards the Donegal man said: "Nice to end the year running the second fastest 500m ever. It's a great event to be a part of and hope to be back at the Great North City Games again.

"I just want to thank all the team for helping with the transition from the moon boot to the track back in June.

"So that's a wrap for this season but looking forward to tackling the Winter grind for the World Champs in London next year."