Eliud Kipchoge urges Mo Farah not to retire as 40th birthday approaches

Mo Farah still has “a lot more give” to athletics as he approaches his 40th birthday, according to Eliud Kipchoge. Farah has only raced seven times in three years and was forced to pull out of Sunday’s London Marathon with a hip injury. Ad Farah revealed that he had been feeling «pain and tightness» in his right hip over the past 10 days and that despite treatment, the issue «hasn't improved enough» to enable him to make the start line in Greenwich.

Tokyo 2020Watch out Tokyo, Kipchoge’s not done yet20/04/2021 AT 10:10 The development is a blow to the 39-year-old Farah, who won the Big Half earlier this month and had been preparing for his fourth marathon appearance in London, and first tilt since 2019. But world record holder Kipchoge, who lowered his marathon time by 2hr 01 09 secs, believes Farah “can still keep going”. “I want to wish him a quick recovery from his injury,” said Kipchoge, who is London to watch the marathon, per the Guardian.

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I think he will come back stronger. The training is there and after the injury he can come back and show the world what is actually in him. “Age is a number.

If you are training well and focused in the right direction on what you are doing, then you can continue to perform. Mo can still w in the best races.” After knocking half a minute off his marathon time in Berlin, Kipchoge believes he can run even faster in the 26.2 mile distance. “I think there are still goals for me,” he said.