Coach: Cragg can get into final

John McDonnell, the Mayo man who has already coached four Irish middle distance Olympians, believes Johannesburg-born Alistair Cragg could be the surprise package for Ireland in tonight’s 5000m heats (5.50pm, Irish time).

Cragg has been under the tutelage of University of Arkansas head coach McDonnell for the past four years, with the 66-year-old shaping and guiding his star pupil towards a green-vested international future.