DUBAI (Reuters) - World 1,500 metres record holder Hicham El Guerrouj has called on athletics' world governing body to bolster public interest in middle-distance running which has been overshadowed by the feats of Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt.
Bolt, winner of six Olympic gold medals, will earn an estimated $10 million (6 million pounds) a year in a sponsorship deal with German sportswear company Puma that will take the 27-year-old to the end of his career.
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