Article: Ath: Mottram drawn in same heat as Bekele and Lagat


AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2008
Ath: Mottram drawn in same heat as Bekele and Lagat

By John Salvado

BEIJING, Aug 19 AAP - Craig Mottram will get a close early look at his two most celebrated
opponents after being drawn in the same Olympic 5000m heat as Kenenisa Bekele and Bernard
Lagat.

The big two come into tomorrow's first-round action in contrasting recent form.

Bekele won the 10,000m earlier in the Games in dominant fashion, bolting away from
the field in the final lap - a performance that convinced him to go for the 5000m-10,000m
double.

Lagat's bid to replicate his 1500m-5000m dual triumph from last year's world championships
was over almost as soon as it began in ...

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