Legend Johnson gets protege on track for Cork City Sports

THE legendary Michael Johnson telephoned the organisers of the BUPA Cork City Sports during the week in a bid to get one of his proteges, Darold Williamson, into their July 1 showpiece at The Mardyke.

“How could we refuse?” was the response of the meeting director, Dick Hodgins, ahead of an event ranked in the top six European Athletic Association (EAA) events.

He added: “It was an honour that Michael Johnson should be contacting us about one of his athletes and secondly it was nice to see that Williamson, who was ranked number two in the world last year, should want to compete at The Mardyke.”