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Mottram ready to tackle role of ‘The Chased’
Posted July 1st, 2007 at 5:34 PM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results
By all indications, Craig Mottram passed the first major 5000m test of the summer with flying colors. The 27-year-old Australian out-maneuvered and ultimately out-kicked the finest field assembled yet this season to take a significant 13:04.97 victory at the 46th running of the Golden Spike Meeting on Wednesday night, a major stepping stone on this year’s road to the World Championships in Osaka.
“It’s great to be able to compete against that field, which is pretty much what I’m going to face at the World Championships, barring a few people who didn’t run tonight,” said, Mottram, the reigning world bronze medallist. “And I was able to control it from the front for the last four or five laps. I wasn’t expecting to do that, but to be able to stay relaxed over the last two laps like I did tonight is something that I’ve probably gained through a bit more experience more than anything else. I probably wouldn’t have been able to do that two years ago. That’s just one added bonus for me now.”
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