Mottram injures calf; pulls out of XC rematch with Bekele
Posted January 10th, 2007 at 7:01 AM by Martha Jones
Section: News & Results, Cross Country
Australia’s Craig Mottram, the 200m World Cup champion, was forced to withdraw from this weekend’s Great Edinborugh cross country event because of a calf injury.
The 9km race is being held this Saturday in Scotland and was supposed to be his first competition against five-time world champion Kenenisa Bekele since Mottram’s surprising World Cup victory last fall in Greece.
Bekele, protege and countryman of Haile Gebrselassiei, will still have some to compete against Eliud Kipchoge and Zersenay Tadesse.
Mottram said that he first injured his ankle on New Year’s Eve while in Spain. Hopefully he will be fully recovered in time for the highly anticipated Wanamaker Mile on February 2nd when he is supposed to compete against 2-time Olympic medalist Bernard Legat.
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Tags: 3000m, 9km, athens, Bernard Lagat, Craig Mottram, cross country, eliud kipchoge, Great Edinborough, Greece, haile gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, world cup, XC, Zersenay Tadesse
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