Bekele eyes Crystal Palace repeat
Bekele saw off Mottram's challenge in 2005. World-record holder KENENISA BEKELE will defend his Norwich Union London Grand Prix 5000m title on 28 July. The Ethiopian was beaten by Kenya's Isaac Songok in his last appearance over the distance at the IAAF Golden League meeting four weeks ago in Oslo.
But the 24-year-old Olympic 10,000m champion said: "I'm really pleased with my form at the moment and I'm ready to go out and run a fast time."
Bekele outsprinted Australia's CRAIG MOTTRAM to win last year's race.
Songok might be missing from the field but it will still be the strongest assembled at any meeting in this year's IAAF World Athletics Tour.
AUGUSTINE CHOGE, who defeated Mottram for the Commonwealth crown in March, heads the Kenyan challenge.
Former world champion ELIUD KIPCHOGE and BERNARD LAGAT, his former Kenyan team-mate before switching to American citizenship, also compete.
Olympic 1500m silver medallist Lagat became the first male athlete to do a USA national championships metric mile and 5000m double on his recent debut in the event.