Despite it being his first 10,000m race for nearly four years, Farah was expecting to run easily the 27min 28sec needed to make it on the plane to Japan. Incredibly it was Farah’s first defeat over the distance for nearly 10 years, since coming second at the world championships in Daegu in 2011. Mo Farah (second left) trails in behind his British compatriot Marc Scott (third left) and others, with the multiple Olympic champion showing the strain. But it is what it is, it is part of sport.”However Scott, who was seventh in 27.49:83 in a race won by France’s Morhad Amdouni in 27:23:27, will be there. McColgan, the daughter of the 1991 10,000m world champion, Liz, came through in 31:19:21.

Source: The Guardian June 05, 2021 21:07 UTC