Craig Mottram on track for second tilt at world title

    Scott Gullan
    From: Sunday Herald Sun
    August 21, 2011 12:00AM


IT'S the question Craig Mottram has asked himself many times and one that has come his way a lot recently. Can he get back to where he was?

Before the answer can be explored, there needs to be some context about the question. We're not talking your regulation climb the mountain, slide down and then scramble back up like nothing has changed scenario.

This mountain was the Everest of track and field.

Until Mottram broke through the ceiling by collecting the bronze medal in the 5000m at the 2005 world championships, no white man had threatened the dominance of the Africans.