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Good son Lagat seeks payback to U.S. - guardian.co.uk

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Mammone   Aug 13th 2008, 1:06pm
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8/13/08
By Nick Mulvenney


BEIJING, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Bernard Lagat will fulfil a pledge he made to his mother and give the United States a golden payback if he wins the Olympic 1,500 metres for his adopted country.
The Kenyan-born 33-year-old finished second behind Hicham El Guerrouj in Athens four years ago and received comforting words from his mum.
"She told me my time would come at the next Olympics and I would win gold," he told a news conference on Wednesday. "I promised to work extra hard. If I win she will be jumping up and down and I wish I could be there to see those emotions."



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