Holmes pulls out of Mardyke meet

KELLY HOLMES has pulled out of Saturday’s BUPA Cork City Sports at the Mardyke because of the Achilles tendon problem that forced her out of the European Cup the weekend before last.

The double Olympic champion is currently training in Valencia and up to Monday she was confident of competing in the Cork showpiece.

But yesterday her American manager, Jeff Hunt, said she is still troubled by “a niggling Achilles tendon problem.”