Carroll to miss Boston Marathon

MARK CARROLL has been forced to withdraw from next month’s Boston Marathon with a hip injury.

The Providence-based Cork athlete had his sights on Boston and John Treacy's national record since finishing sixth in the New York Marathon in 2:10.58.

While other faster courses like London or possibly Amsterdam beckoned, he chose Boston, where the 1984 Olympic silver medallist posted his time back in the 1980s.