It was, as Farah revealed afterwards, a symbolic changing of the guard. “I gave it to him because he’s a great athlete, and we need to inspire the next generation,” Farah said. Mo Farah calls time on GB career after victory in final track outing Read more“Mo’s been a legend,” Butchart insisted. As Farah arrived on the track the heavens suddenly opened and the temperature seemed to drop several degrees. Last year on this track Farah broke Dave Moorcroft’s 34-year-old UK 3,000m record in 7:32.64.

Source: The Guardian August 20, 2017 19:41 UTC