Cragg craves to rule the world

ALISTAIR CRAGG has conquered Europe and is ready to take on the world. The new European indoor 3,000m champion plans that assault in two weeks time when he renews rivalry with the double champion, Kenenisa Bekele, at the World cross-country championships in Saint-Etienne/Saint-Galmier.

Cragg was presented with his gold medal yesterday at the Palacio de Departes Communidad de Madrid by Carl-Olaf Homen, EAA Honorary Life President, who was accompanied by Juan Antonio Samaranch, the International Olympic Committee’s Honorary President for Life.

It was the most prestigious medal ceremony of the championships but Cragg, who beat Bekele in a sensational indoor race in Boston a month ago, is already plotting another shock for the talented Ethiopian. However, in Boston, Bekele was mourning the sudden death of his girlfriend and also miscounted the laps.