Athletics:Alistair Cragg faces a tough 3000 metres clash against Australia's Craig Mottram at the Reebok Boston indoor games on January 27.
The Irishman has recovered from an injury which prevented him competing at last month's European Cross-Country Championships and will be bidding to win a title he claimed two years ago.
On that occasion he produced a marvellous performance to beat Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, the world 5000m and 10000m record holder.
Cragg, who is based in the USA, will meet an equally-determined Mottram, who is returning to action after missing last weekend's Event Scotland Edinburgh International Cross-Country event with a calf strain.
America's Jorge Torres, last summer's national 10000m champion, will lead the domestic challenge at the New England venue.