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Jun 27, 2021 | 12:50 AM
(Reuters) – Britain’s multiple world and Olympic long distance champion Mo Farah will not end his stellar track career after failing to make the Olympic qualifying time for the 10,000-metre race at the Tokyo Games, his coach Gary Lough said.
Farah, 38, who won gold in 5,000m and 10,000m at the 2012 and 2016 Games, needed to clock 27 minutes, 28 seconds to be available for selection but was nearly 20 seconds too slow at the British Athletics Championships on Friday.
Farah, who also has six world titles, faced questions about his future after the race but Lough said such talk was premature.
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Athletics-It’s no go Mo as Farah misses Olympic qualifying target
Athletics - British Athletics Championships - Manchester Regional Arena, Manchester, Britain - June 25, 2021 Britain s Mo Farah reacts after the Men s 10,000m as he fails to qualify for the 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympics Action Images via Reuters/Molly Darlington
June 25, 2021
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 make the Olympic qualifying time in the British Athletics Championships on Friday – his last realistic chance to do so.
Farah, 38, who also won double Olympic gold in the 5,000m, needed to clock 27 minutes, 28 seconds to make himself available for selection, having fallen 22 seconds short of that target in his last outing at the start of June when he was hampered by an ankle injury.
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.