Two-time Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat became a father Thursday night when his wife, Gladys Tom, gave birth to son Miika Kimutai Lagat in Tucson, Ariz. Miika weighed in at 8.5 pounds and is 20 inches long. Mother, father and son are all doing fine.
Lagat participated in a USATF media teleconference call on Monday while his wife was undergoing a check-up on her pregnancy at the Tucson Medical Center. The due date for the birth of the child was Friday, January 6.
The defending world indoor 3,000-meter champion, Lagat will face a strong field in the Wanamaker Mile at the 2006 Millrose Games February 3 at Madison Square Garden in New York. His toughest challenge is expected to come from Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, the 2004 Olympic gold medalist at 10,000 meters and eight-time World Cross Country champion.
Lagat feels right at home at the Garden, where last year in the Wanamaker Mile he broke the Millrose Games and Madison Square Garden records with his time of 3:52.87. It was Lagat's third career Wanamaker title and earned him the Fred Schmertz Trophy as the outstanding performer of the meet.
The second event of the 2006 Visa Championship Series, the Millrose Games will be televised on ESPN2 on February 5 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Source USATF
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