Bernard Lagat Will Represent U.S.A

Bernard Lagat was born and raised in Nandi District, Kenya, and won Olympic bronze and silver medals in athletics for the East African country at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.

In 2005, he became a naturalised US citizen and is a double world champion - both indoors and outdoors - for the United States. Recently, he retained the world 3,000m indoor title in Istanbul and will be among favourites for 5,000m and 10,000m in London.

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