Bernard Lagat had been called a lot of different things: Olympian. All-American. World champion. At Washington State, his alma mater, he is simply “Lagat,” which translates to legend in any language.

This may not be the best time, given the economic climate and populist anger, to be throwing around descriptions of Madison Square Garden's "banked" track and the Millrose Games' "Chairman of the ...

*Chelimo has a chance to lower these marks this August/September Their resumes are eerily similar. Both men have two global medals and both have strong 3k personal bests. Lagat's all-time great comes ...

At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, when Bernard Lagat surged to victory in the 1500m, he secured a lot more than that gleaming gold medal. The track and field star ended a 99-year drought for ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona has promoted two-time Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat to head cross country coach. Lagat had served as co-interim coach with Doug Keen and Dave Murray after longtime coach ...

Every so often a sport is blessed with a superstar. An athlete whose athletic accomplishments are matched by their personality, character, and public presence, allowing them to rise above the mere ...

Bernard Lagat has just qualified for his fifth Olympics at the age of 41. The Kenyan-American track-and-field star ran a blistering 52.82-second final lap to come from behind and win the 5,000-meter ...

As the story goes, Bernard Lagat dashed 11/2 miles to and from school each day as a boy growing up in Kenya. Not uphill both ways, but still enough to put him on the path to becoming a two-time ...