Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah’s hopes of ending his track career at the Tokyo Games as he couldn’t qualify for the 10,000 metres in Manchester on Friday. He won a specially-arranged race to give him a final chance to qualify at the British Championships, unfortunately, his time of 27 minutes 27 seconds was nearly 20 seconds behind the time required to qualify.
Sir Farah had won the 5,000 metre – 10,000 metres double at the London Olympics in 2012 and repeated the feat four years later in Rio de Janerio. After then, he turned his attention to the marathon, but after fixed results returned to the track in the hope of one final shot at Olympic glory. Sir Farah said, “I’ve been lucky enough to have had the long career I’ve had. I’m very grateful but that’s all I had today.” He had refused to confirm if he had just run his final track race.
Not to be for @Mo_Farah tonight but this man is and always will be a champion
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— Team GB (@TeamGB) June 25, 2021
Sir Mo Farah further added, “It’s a tough one. I always said if I can’t compete with the best I’m not just going to go there to finish a final. Tonight it shows it’s not good enough.”
Despite having the help of pacemakers in Manchester, his time improved by only three seconds to remain behind the pace needed to qualify for Tokyo Olympics.
