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.
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.
After the race, English said “it felt great” to win the race against an accomplished field of middle distance runners.
“I wasn’t really thinking about the time. I’m delighted to get the win and to beat those guys in a sprint finish.
“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.”
English had shown good form in recent months, setting two indoor personal bests during the winter.
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.
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.
English has also collected one silver and two bronze medals at European Indoor Championships.
