Collis Birmingham, runaway winner of the 3000m at the 2013 Cork City Sports will return to Leeside on Tuesday 8th July aiming for a repeat victory and also to attempt to break the Meeting record for the distance held by fellow Australian Craig Mottram who ran 7 mins 38.15 secs way back in 2005 at … Continue reading “Collis Birmingham Opts For Cork Again”
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Spectators for many years at the Cork City Sports have marvelled at the free flowing and eye catching natural running style of athletes from various African nations such as Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tunisia, Algeria, Botswana, Morocco and next July another country from eastern Africa will be represented in Cork when Flavio Seholhe will compete in … Continue reading “Mozambique Champion Heading for Cork”
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Meeting record holder for the 400m Hurdles and defending champion Cornel Fredericks returns to Cork on 8th July for the 63rd Cork City Sports. Fredericks set his meeting record at the fast CIT track in 2012 and will be keen to lower his time this year in advance of the Commonwealth Games. Another Springbok athlete … Continue reading “South Africans for Cork City Sports”
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Athletics was prominent at the 2013 Evening Echo Ladies Sports Star Awards which took place at the Rochestown Park Hotel on Friday 7th February. Four of the twelve sports star awards went to athletes; Phil Healy – Bandon AC, Louise Shanahan & Orla Barry – Leevale AC and Orla Finn Riverstick Kinsale AC, demonstrating the … Continue reading “Athletics Acknowledged at Evening Echo Ladies Sports Star Awards”
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The Cork City Sports Award Ceremony, in association with the Evening Echo, 96FM, River and the Lee Hotel, for the overall Athletic Person of the year for 2013 will take place at he River Lee Hotel on Monday 10th February. 2013 was a historic year with Cork athletes reaching new heights, setting National & World records and medaling at World Championships and … Continue reading “Athlete Person of the Year 2013 Nominations”
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Leading athletes from Slovakia are planning to compete at this year’s Cork City Sports on 8th July. Included in the Slovak travelling party will be the current World University Games champion for the 400m Hurdles, Martin Kucera who posted his personal best time of 49.79 sec when winning the Universiade title in Kazan last July. Other … Continue reading “Slovak Team For Cork City Sports”
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Leading middle distance runners from the famed Oregon Track Club have competed at the Cork City Sports over recent years and on 8th July at the C.I.T. Athletic Stadium a strong team from the OTC will be competing in Cork once again. World class athletes who are currently representing OTC include Olympic and World Decathlon Champion Ashton … Continue reading “Oregon Track Club Stars head for Cork again”
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U.S.World silver medallist Danielle Carruthers may return to Cork next July as part of her competitive comeback to international hurdling following an injury ravaged 2013. The 34 year old American with a personal best time for the 100m hurdles of 12.47sec.clocked at the World Championships in Daegu where she finished runner up has a strong liking for … Continue reading “Danielle Carruthers on way back to Cork?”
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The 1964 Olympic 5000m champion, Bob Schul, is likely to attend the Cork City Sports on 8th July. Schul is the only US athlete to win a 5000m Olympic gold medal and is regarded as one of its greatest ever distance runners. Coached by the famed Hungarian Mihaly Igloi the Ohio born Schul was endowed with one of … Continue reading “Olympic Legend Bob Schul for Cork City Sports”
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The Leevale distance runner chatted to Joe Molloy on Newstalk’s Off The Ball as the disappointment of 2012 recedes into the distant past Listen to the full interview with Ciaran via the podcast. After bursting onto the scene at Daegu in 2011, the Cork distance runner had finished second last in his 1,500 metre heat … Continue reading “Ciaran O’Lionaird talks of his hopes for 2014”
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