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”
read MoreLeading 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”
read MoreLeading 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”
read MoreU.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?”
read MoreThe 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”
read MoreThe 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”
read MoreSarah Collins (Providence College) with roots in Douglas, Bishopstown and Kinsale wins the December award for the Cork Athletic Person of the Month. On Saturday December 7th running in one of her first indoor races ever Sarah set a new Irish and European Junior Indoor 5000m record with a time of 15:41.00 at the Boston … Continue reading “Athlete of the Month December”
read MoreIn 2002 the Commonwealth Games were last held in Britain (Manchester) and a host of well known athletes from around the world came to Cork to finalise their preparations for Manchester. Patrons fortunate enough to attend the 2002 City Sports will remember the likes of Aliann Pompey, Dwight Thomas, Sanjay Ayre, Shani Anderson, Vonette Dixon, … Continue reading “World Class Athletes are Cork Bound”
read MoreThe Commonwealth Games to be staged next July in Glasgow will be a significant boost to the 63rd Cork City Sports as many top international athletes will use the Cork Sports as an important part of their final preparations for the Commonwealth Games. Already a number of athletes from Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Jamaica and Guyana … Continue reading “Glasgow Games will be major boost to 2014 Cork City Sports”
read MoreFour time Olympian Aliann Pompey from Guyana who retired from competitive racing following the London Olympics is considering a 2014 comeback and this could mean the thirty five year old former Commonwealth 400m champion returning to Cork where she has an outstanding record having won the event in 2002, 2008 and 2009 and was runner-up in … Continue reading “Aliann Pompey comeback for Cork may be on the cards”
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