London Eye: Mongolia marathon man makes great strides as adopted Geordie - Olympics - Sport - The Independent: "Bat-Ochir made his Olympic marathon debut in Athens in 2004, finishing 75th. In Beijing in 2008 he was 52nd across the line. There have been signs of improvement since he started training on Tyneside. Last April Ziggy finished ninth in a world-class field in the Virgin London Marathon, clocking 2hr 11min 35sec. Last summer he finished 20th in the World Championship marathon in Daegu. In the Beppu Marathon in Japan in February he improved his personal best to 2:11:05.
"Things are going well for the London Olympics," he says. "I am doing hard training right now and next month I will run in the Brighton Marathon. My target for the London Olympics is the top 10 maybe.""
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