B777 FLT CREW REJECTS TKOF AT HIGH SPD WHEN L ENG FAILS.

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PUSHBACK; START AND TAXI TO RWY 22R WERE NORMAL. DURING TKOF; THE L N1 DID NOT ACCELERATE AS FAST AS THE R N1 (I COMMENTED ON IT; AND CO-PLT A AGREED) BUT IT DID REACH THE TKOF SETTING DURING THE INITIAL TKOF ROLL. AT APPROX 100 KTS (COPLT A SAID LATER THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO MAKE THE '100 KTS CALL) WE GOT A VERBAL WARNING 'ENG OVERHEAT' AND THE #1 EGT GAUGE ILLUMINATED RED. I RETARDED BOTH THROTTLES SLIGHTLY; BUT IT DIDN'T EXTINGUISH THE RED ILLUMINATED EGT GAUGE. A SECOND OR TWO LATER (AND PROBABLY 10 KTS FASTER) WE RECEIVED THE VERBAL WARNING 'ENG FAIL;' AND I CLOSED THE THROTTLES AND CALLED 'REJECT!' THE AUTOBRAKES AND AUTOSPOILERS ENGAGED AND WE RAPIDLY DECELERATED TO A STOP. I HAD PLACED MY HAND ON THE R THRUST REVERSER BUT DID NOT USE IT BECAUSE WE SLOWED SO FAST. COPLT A TOLD THE TWR THAT WE HAD REJECTED AND TO ROLL THE EQUIP. I SET THE PARKING BRAKE AND TOLD CO-PLT B TO MAKE THE 'REMAIN SEATED' PA; THEN TOLD COPLT A TO RUN THE REJECTED TKOF CHKLIST. I TALKED TO THE TWR AND FIGHTERS; CONFERRED WITH COPLT B; AND DECIDED THAT AN EVAC WASN'T NECESSARY. WE WORKED THROUGH THE REJECTED TKOF CHKLIST; THEN THE ENG FAILURE CHKLIST. BEFORE SHUTTING DOWN THE L ENG; WE TOOK A CLOSE LOOK AT IT; AND AT THAT MOMENT THE EGT STARTED RISING AND THE GAUGE TURNED RED; SO WE SHUT IT DOWN. WE FINISHED THE CHKLISTS AND WERE TOWED BACK TO THE GATE. CREW COM WAS EXCELLENT.