English made a record time of 1 minute and 43-point-4-9 seconds.
Mark English won this afternoon's 800 metres semi-final at the European Athletics Championships.
A Championship-record time of 1 minute and 43-point-4-9 seconds means he can look forward to competing in tomorrow night's final.
A season-best time secured Sophie Becker's place in tomorrow's women's 400 metres semi-finals.
The Irish athlete finished in a time of 52-point-2-8 seconds in her heat this morning.
Lauren Roy and Rhasidat Adeleke will both be involved in this evening's 200 metres semi-finals.
Roy's time of 23.2 seconds sealed a fourth place finish in round one earlier today.
The Hammer Throw final - featuring Ireland's Nicola Tuthill - gets underway at 7.45pm this evening.

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