Mo Farah went some way to banishing his Beijing blues by winning the Great North Mile in Newcastle.
Farah showed an impressive turn of pace to cross the line in 4min 12sec and admitted that he was still struggling to come to terms with his failure to reach the 5,000m final at the Olympics.
Teddington's British international Mo Farah has qualified for the men's 3,000m final at the World Indoor Athletic Championships 2008 in Valencia, Spain, after finishing third in his heat in a time of eight minutes 4.65 seconds.
Mo farah was excellent today winning the 3km Road Race in Newcastle, beating Kenya's Kipchoge. Farah biding his time until 150 metres from the finish line, stormed past Kenya's 2003 World gold and 2007 World silver 5000m track medallist Eliud Kipchoge to claim victory in a time of 7:56.3. Well done Mo farah.
EUROPEAN cross country champ Mo Farah will light the flame for the 30th London Youth Games at Crystal Palace today (Thursday).
The event's opening ceremony will mark the first time the Newham & Essex Beagles star has appeared at the Games since he appeared in them himself as a youngster full of potential.
Athletics: Farah makes world top 10 as Bekele wilts in the heat
By Mike Rowbottom
Published: 26 March 2007
Britain's Mo Farah produced arguably his finest performance in Mombasa on Saturday, finishing 10th in the World Cross Country Championships in stifling conditions which caused Kenenisa Bekele, seeking a record sixth individual win, to pull out of the race with just 800 metres remaining.
Mo Farah's 10th place finish and a host of good British performances at the World Cross-Country Championships in Mombasa have been hailed as "inspirational" by the head of distance running at UK Athletics
The 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships will be held in the Mombasa, Kenya on Saturday 24th March 2007. See Mo Farah on BBC Sport. GBR - GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. Team Bib Athlete 110 Alan Buckley 112 Mohammed Farah (Mo Farah) 118 Philip Nicholls 119 Ben Noad 121 Michael Skinner 122 Steven Vernon 123 Jason Ward 124 Wicks Philip GOOD LUCK GB TEAM !!
European cross-country champion Mo Farah is determined to lead the Great Britain team at next weekend's World Cross-Country Championships despite injury and illness setbacks.
Farah believes the championships taking place in Mombasa will give him an indication of where he stands in his ambition to emulate Paula Radcliffe and catch Africa's leading endurance runners.
Well done Mo Farah for winning the 10,000m in the European Athletics Championships 2010 in Barcelona.
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By Tom Knight
Mo Farah wins Great North Mile
Mo Farah went some way to banishing his Beijing blues by winning the Great North Mile in Newcastle.
Farah showed an impressive turn of pace to cross the line in 4min 12sec and admitted that he was still struggling to come to terms with his failure to reach the 5,000m final at the Olympics.
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Only Mo Farah has been selected for Beijing so far and will represent GB in either the 5000m or 10000m in the Olympic events. GOOD LUCK BRO.
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Mo Farah who is a british athlete runner, was the guest of honour in the Celebration of Somaliland Independence Day 2008.
nsgunner 3 years ago
Farah through to 3,000m final at world indoors
Teddington's British international Mo Farah has qualified for the men's 3,000m final at the World Indoor Athletic Championships 2008 in Valencia, Spain, after finishing third in his heat in a time of eight minutes 4.65 seconds.
nsgunner 4 years ago
Mo farah was excellent today winning the 3km Road Race in Newcastle, beating Kenya's Kipchoge. Farah biding his time until 150 metres from the finish line, stormed past Kenya's 2003 World gold and 2007 World silver 5000m track medallist Eliud Kipchoge to claim victory in a time of 7:56.3. Well done Mo farah.
nsgunner 4 years ago
Mighty Mo opens Youth Games
27 June 2007
EUROPEAN cross country champ Mo Farah will light the flame for the 30th London Youth Games at Crystal Palace today (Thursday).
The event's opening ceremony will mark the first time the Newham & Essex Beagles star has appeared at the Games since he appeared in them himself as a youngster full of potential.
nsgunner 4 years ago
Athletics: Farah makes world top 10 as Bekele wilts in the heat
By Mike Rowbottom
Published: 26 March 2007
Britain's Mo Farah produced arguably his finest performance in Mombasa on Saturday, finishing 10th in the World Cross Country Championships in stifling conditions which caused Kenenisa Bekele, seeking a record sixth individual win, to pull out of the race with just 800 metres remaining.
nsgunner 5 years ago
Cool Farah inspires Britain
By Tom Knight
Last Updated: 1:33am BST 26/03/2007
Mo Farah's 10th place finish and a host of good British performances at the World Cross-Country Championships in Mombasa have been hailed as "inspirational" by the head of distance running at UK Athletics
nsgunner 5 years ago
nsgunner 5 years ago
European cross-country champion Mo Farah is determined to lead the Great Britain team at next weekend's World Cross-Country Championships despite injury and illness setbacks.
Farah believes the championships taking place in Mombasa will give him an indication of where he stands in his ambition to emulate Paula Radcliffe and catch Africa's leading endurance runners.
nsgunner 5 years ago