MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Mo Farah will not race for a third successive 10,000 metres gold medal in Tokyo this year after he again failed to mak.
Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah will not be able to defend his 10000m Olympic title at the upcoming Tokyo Games after missing the qualifying standard of 27
Mo Farah will not race for a third successive 10,000 metres gold medal in Tokyo this year after he again failed to make the Olympic qualifying time in the British Athletics Championships on Friday - his last realistic chance to do so.
there was bitter disappointment last night for mo farah, who failed in his final attempt to qualify for the tokyo olympics, where he wanted to defend his 10,000m title. he was running in a special trial at the british athletics championships in manchester. our senior sports news reporter laura scott, was watching. there is mo farah. one last chance to make the plane to tokyo 2020. and mo farah s task was clear does make one the 10,000 metres inside 27 minutes and 28 seconds and he would qualify. flanked by pacemakers on the start line, the four time olympic champion had no shortage of motivation. he is the reigning 10,000 metres champion, a title he won in thrilling style five years ago in rio. the last few years have not been easy for him, having retired from the track in 2017, switched the marathon on that after limited success returned to the truck in 2019. he has also split with his long time coach roberto salazar who was banned for doping
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