That’s because there can be a big difference between a win in the semi-final and a runner-up finish. Mark English opens his campaign in the men’s 800m heats at 11.03am, the Donegal athlete looking for a top-three finish to avoid the repechage. A top-three finish will be needed to advance. Healy was frustrated to miss the automatic path to the semi-finals having faded in the final 50m yesterday. In the 400m repechages, Sharlene Mawdsley simply didn’t have enough down the home straight to secure qualification, finishing third in 51.18.
