Holmes withdraws from Cork meeting

Kelly Holmes has pulled out of Saturday’s BUPA Ireland City Games in Cork.

The double Olympic champion is still suffering from a niggling Achilles tendon problem which prevented her running in the recent European Cup First League match in Portugal when the British women’s side were promoted.

Her manager Jeff Fund emphasised she has withdrawn from the Cork meeting as a precautionary measure.

“Getting ready for August and the World Championships is the most important thing and Kelly is being wise rather than running when she isn’t quite ready,” said Fund.

The injury flared up when Holmes won her only outdoor race of the summer earlier this month in Glasgow.

Fund added: “It is there and is real but she is being cautious and getting regular treatment in Valencia where she is training.

“If you remember we had the same problem last year although it came a little earlier in the season then, but it is responding positively to phsyio. “It was initially a setback to her training but now she is on the mend.”