Sir Mo Farah has described the late marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum as a ‘special talent, following his tragic death on Sunday. Kiptum, 24, died in a car accident in his native Kenya on Sunday, which also killed his Rwandan coach Gervais Hakizimana. Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah joined the athletics […]
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No sooner had the final race of Mo Farah’s career come to an end on Sunday than the eulogies began. “Thanks for the memories, the medals, the excitement, the smile, the Mobot, it’s all been memorable,” the BBC’s Steve Cram proclaimed after Farah had finished fourth in the Great North […]
Long distance great Sir Mo Farah completed his final marathon, finishing ninth with a time of 2:10:28. After the race, Farah said it would have been better ‘to be the first Brit and say bye bye’, but confirmed that he had definitely made the right decision to make this his […]
Sir Mo Farah has signalled that 2023 will be the final year of his athletics career after confirming he will give the London Marathon “one more shot” in April. Farah, who turns 40 in March, also kept open the possibility of running for Great Britain at the world championships in […]
The 2022 London Marathon has arrived as members of the public and elite runners to take the streets of the English capital to participate in the biggest athletics event of the year. After months of relentless training in all types of weather in the English capital, the day of reckoning […]
Mo Farah has pulled out of the London Marathon, leaving the race on Sunday devoid of its biggest star and raising further questions about whether the four-time Olympic champion’s competitive career is over. Farah broke the news on Wednesday evening after revealing he had recently experienced tightness in his right […]
Sir Mo Farah enjoyed a timely return to form ahead of next month’s London Marathon with a third victory in the Big Half. The four-times Olympic champion suffered a shock loss to club runner Ellis Cross at the Vitality 10k in London in May to spark further talk of retirement. […]
However, Farah says that when he arrived in the UK he faced a very different reality: “I had all the contact details for my relative and once we got to her house, the lady took it off me and right in front of me ripped them up and put it […]