LIVE: English among four Irish through at Euros

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There are a number of Irish competitors today.

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Irish in action:

Mark English progressed to tomorrow's men's 800m semi-finals after winning his heat in 1:48.10s, as did Declan Murray who came home second in his heat in 1:49.69.

Afterwards English told RTÉ Sport: "My plan was to sit on the shoulder of the leader. I knew it was too quick at the start, so I just had to bide my time and move onto the back straight over the last 200 metres.

"I always wanted to make the final, I think if I do make the final then I have a really good chance, I just want to go and put it all out on the track."

Chicago-born Murray, meanwhile, said: "I was happy enough with it. I thought it might be physical so I wanted to run from the front.

"I just wanted to stay at the front and be at the right time to lean at the front and I got it to the line.

"I'll just see how the draw for the semi-final goes and give it everything to try and make the final."

Tipperary's Dara Kervick has missed out on a place in the final of the 400 metres.

Kervick finished fourth in his semi-final in a time of 46.96.

Earlier, he won his heat in 47.03 to advance to the semi-finals.

Ciara Everard was third in her 800m heat in 2:02.69, just off the Irish record of 2:02.54.

The time was a seasonal best for the 24-year-old Kilkenny woman and was enough to see her advance as a fastest loser.

"I knew Anita Hinriksdottir (Iceland) would go out hard, I just wanted to hang to the fastest loser spot," said Everard.

"It was just outside my personal best and I know I'm coming into form at just the right time."

Ger O'Donnell failed to progress from the heats of the 60m hurdles.

The Leitrim runner finished in sixth place in his heat in a time of 8:06 seconds, a time which meant he was unable to progress as a fastest qualifier.

O'Donnell was left disappointed with his performance, which saw him knock over several hurdles and finish in a time which was some way off the 7:73 he qualified for the Championships with.

"[I'm] Very disappointed with that," explained O'Donnell. "It was a sub-par performance on all accounts, I got left in the blocks. I had been working on my start all week.

"I have no excuses, I just didn't run the best," added the disappointed Carrick-on-Shannon man.

"As people are saying it's a championship race, my first major, I don't care about that. I should be in that semi-final. This is where I want to be, I'm not fazed by that and I will focus on the making the 110 meters hurdles for the World championships in Beijing."

Still to come
Paul Pollock - 3,000m Heats - 5.00pm

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