Cork City Community Radio interview with Irish 800m record holder David Matthews...

In an recent interview, the Sporting Cork programme on Cork City Community Radio had a 26 minute interview with former Irish international athlete David Matthews. Having taken part in two Olympic Games, David Matthews also holds the 800m Irish record of 1:44.82 and is currently the only Irish man ever to run faster than 1:45.

In the interview, David talks about his job as a fitness instructor with the Irish Olympic Handball team and the Cork hurling team. In the athletics section of the interview which starts at 14:00, David talks about his career as an athlete and the state of Irish athletics at present.

He is also a frequent panelist on RTE for athletics events and has his own coaching website here... http://www.davidmatthews.ie