PARIS, April 3 (AFP) - Four-time world 1,500 metreschampion Hicham El Guerrouj will compete in at leastfour meetings before attempting to win Olympic gold atthe third attempt in Athens in August, his agent said onSaturday.
The Moroccan could open his season in the Dutch townof Hengelo on May 31 and has pencilled in appearancesover 1,500m at the Golden League meetings in Rome onJuly 2 and Zurich on August 6. In between he has enteredthe Lausanne meeting on July 6, agent Laurent Boquilletsaid.
The 2003 men’s athlete of the year is expected to adda fifth event to his programme before travelling toGreece for the August 13-29 Games in which he willattempt to win his first Olympic title after twounsuccessful attempts.