Sir Mo Farah will be unable to defend his 10,000-meter title at the Tokyo Olympics after failing to qualify for the games.
The quadruple Olympic champion missed the qualifying time in a 10,000-meter invitational race at the British Athletics Championships in Manchester on Friday.
Sir Mo, 38, was expected to descend within 27 minutes 28 seconds at Manchester Regional arena to reserve your seat on the plane for Tokyo before the Sunday evening deadline.
But he clocked 27 minutes 47.04 seconds and won’t defend the 10,000-meter title he won in 2012 and 2016.
“You go out there and give it your all and that’s all you got,” he said. “It’s pretty windy. I tried pushing and pushing and exhausted my lungs.
Sir Mo said he “had exhausted his lungs”
“I had a wonderful career. I am very grateful. That’s all I had today.”
Asked if Friday marked the end of his brilliant track career, Sir Mo said: “It’s tough. If I can’t compete with the best, I won’t just go there to finish. in the final. Tonight shows it’s not good enough. “
The four-time Olympic champion hasn’t lost a 10,000-meter race in a decade
The invitational race was hastily organized after Sir Mo failed to qualify in all 10,000 trials in Birmingham this month.
He was the second Briton to come back to eighth on the occasion, taking 27 minutes and 50.54 seconds, and blamed an ankle problem for hampering his attempt.
It was the first time he had lost a 10,000-meter race in a decade after deciding to return to the track after focusing on the marathon since 2017.
The British athletics team for Tokyo will be named on Tuesday. But for the first time since 2004, Sir Mo, who also competed in the Beijing Games in 2008 and who is double Olympic champion in the 5,000 meters, will not be in the game.
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Source: news.sky.com
This notice was published: 2021-06-26 03:12:00
