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UW’s Ahmed moves closer to London Olympic Games in 10,000 run

Wisconsin junior Mohammed Ahmed can start thinking about attending the 2012 Olympic Games in London — as a competitor rather than spectator.In his first competition of the season, Ahmed all but assured himself of a place in the Games with a personal-best time of 27 minutes 34.64 seconds in the 10,000-meter run late Sunday at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.