Injured Farah out of London Marathon
LONDON : Britain's four times Olympic champion Mo Farah has withdrawn from his home London Marathon on Sunday after suffering a hip injury.
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Johnson: Wightman can emulate inspirational exploits of Farah and Ennis-Hill
Jake Wightman can spearhead the next generation of superstar British athletes after a sensational summer of middle-distance running saw him crowned world champion, claims Michael Johnson. Wightman, 28, shocked the field in July by storming past Norway's Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to take 1500m glory in Oregon having finished a distant 10th in Tokyo last year.
London Marathon ballot entrants will be able to select non-binary as a gender option for 2023 race
Runners entering the public ballot for next year’s London Marathon will have the option to register as non-binary for the first time. There will be three gender options — male, female and non-binary — available to choose from when the 2023 application window opens on October 1, a day before this year’s event takes place.
Farah returns to winning ways in London half-marathon
LONDON: British distance great Mo Farah found himself top of the podium again with a third victory in the 'Big Half' - a London half-marathon - on Sunday (Sep 4).
Mo Farah wins the Big Half in London, Eilish McColgan sets new course record
Mo Farah claimed success at the men’s Big Half in London on Sunday morning and it was also a fine day for Eilish McColgan, who set a course record to win the women's race. Farah crossed the line in one hour one minute 49 seconds after surging clear of a group of four after about 50 minutes to take a comfortable win.
On This Day in 2015: Mo Farah wins 10,000m at World Championships in Beijing
Mo Farah put a summer of speculation behind him to make it half a dozen global titles as he again proved unbeatable over 10,000 metres at the World Championships in Beijing on this day in 2015.
On this day in 2013: Mo Farah adds 10,000m world gold to medal collection
Mo Farah roared to 10,000 metres gold at the World Championships in Moscow on this day in 2013, spurred on by the memory of having the title snatched from his grasp two years earlier in Daegu.
'Wild' - Greg Rutherford reflects on 'stupidly special' Super Saturday 10 years on from 2012 Olympic Games
Ten years on from Super Saturday, Greg Rutherford still «struggles to really understand» what he and his Great Britain team-mates managed to achieve in 45 unforgettable minutes at the London 2012 Olympic Games. August 4, 2012 is often described as the greatest night in the history of Team GB, with Rutherford, Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah all securing athletics gold, writing their names into folklore and delighting a capacity crowd of 80,000.