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Bernard Lagat’s track career will be ‘over completely’ after this season

Bernard Lagat, a two-time Olympic 1500m medalist and six-time World Championships medalist, sounds like he’ll be done with top-level track and field competition after the Rio Olympics, whether or not he makes a fifth Olympic team.

“After the summer of 2016, I don’t plan to retire, but my track career will be over completely,” Lagat, 41, said, according to the IAAF. “I have to be honest to myself; I’ll be nearly 42 by then so I’ll be very happy to run.”

Lagat, the American record holder in the 1500m and 5000m, could become the oldest U.