Lagat out to recapture world indoor title

DOHA - Bernard Lagat will bid to recapture the 3,000m title he first won six years ago when the World Indoor Athletics Championships get under way on Friday.

There might not be the likes of Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt to light up the billboards in the Qatari capital but the March 12-14 worlds, with nearly $2.5 million in prizemoney, will still be brimming with talent.

Lagat, a double gold medalist at the 2007 World Championships and a three-time Olympian - for Kenya in 2000 and 2004 and the United States in 2008 - has been in great form this season.