A host of international athletes will participate in the Morton Pre-Games at the Morton Stadium, Santry, on Wednesday 25 July from 7.15pm.
The meet director Noel Guiden today confirmed the participation of over a dozen London-bound Olympians at the meet, together with a host of other international athletes.
The women’s mile in particular is loaded with Olympians.
Irish Olympic steeplechaser Stephanie Reilly will be joined be six other Olympic athletes, including 1,500m stars Zoe Buckman (Australia) and Tereza Capkova (the Czech Republic).
Nick Symmonds (USA) will also be at London 2012. Symmonds, an 800m specialist, will run his first ever professional 400m in Santry.
In what could be one of the races of the evening, Symmonds will face Jermaine Gayle (Jamaica) and Ireland's Brian Gregan.
The Morton Mile itself will feature Ryan Gregson, Ireland’s Ciaran O’Lionaird and David Torrence (USA).
See www.mortongames.ie for more.
