European silver medalist, Mark English  is confirmed to compete in the 800m at Cork City Sports. English claimed his second European 800m medal in March when he finished in second place at the European Indoor Athletics Championships at the O2 Arena in Prague.

English is looking forward to the opportunity to  compete against a star studded international field on home soil. Some confirmed challengers to English are Joshua Ralph (AUS),  Tomas Timoranski (SVK), Andreas Bude (DEN) & Michael Rutt (USA)

Meet Director Dick Hodgins states “we are delighted to have the men’s 800m back in the programme for 2015 and the confirmation that Mark will compete in this star studded race will ensure that will be one of the highlights of the meet. ”

The 64th Cork City Sports will be held at CIT Stadium on Tuesday 7th July, 2015.