Mo Farah sealed his first major track title after storming to 3,000m gold and win Britain's opening medal at the European Indoor Championships in Turin. Well done Mo Farah, Nick McCormick, Mark Draper , Dwain Chambers and others
Farah & Vlasic are European Athletes of the Month of January
17.02.2009- European Athletics website
European Athletics is pleased to announce that British middle distance star Mo Farah and Croatian High Jumping star Blanka Vlasic have been selected as the European Athletes of the Month for January.
Twickenham-based European senior mens 2006 cross country champion Mo Farah has a chance to regain his European cross country crown in Brussels on December 14.
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.
People were interested even though I come from Britain. They said why didn't I run for Somaliland, but they were still proud of me. I couldn't live there now though, I'm used to Western life.
Mo Farah have been named in the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Athletics Championships in Osaka - and will be covered extensively on the BBC on the 24th of August.
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.
The 24-year-old was disgusted as he watched Chambers' claims on television on Monday night that talent and determination alone would never be enough for an athlete to succeed at the highest level.
European cross-country champion Mo Farah has branded Dwain Chambers a "loser" and dismissed his claims that only drug-fuelled athletes can win an Olympic title.
Men's reports from World Cross Country Championships Mo Farah European Cross Country Champion Mo Farah celebrated his 24th birthday 24 hours late by producing the run of his young life and leading the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to eighth place in the Senior Men's 12km race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on Mombasa Golf Course, Kenya, on Saturday 24 March. GB was the first non-African team to finish the gruelling race.
Great run: Mo Farah. Richard Lane/Sportsbeat Images
Teddington-based European cross country champion Mo Farah, who celebrated his 24th birthday the previous day, produced an outstanding run at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa, Kenya, on Saturday.
Farah was 10th, and the first non-African, to lead Great Britain to eighth best team in the senior men's 12km race.
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.
The Somali-born Farah, 24 next month, could not speak English when he arrived in Britain at the age of nine. "I went back to my school to give some awards out and it felt weird and funny," he said. "It suddenly hit me. I remembered how I couldn't speak any English and how I used to misbehave to get attention. And in case I couldn't remember it my teachers reminded me.
How Farah found the formula to take on world's best
Paul Weaver
The Guardian
It only struck Mo Farah how dramatically his life has changed when he recently returned to his school, Feltham Community College in Middlesex, to present awards to the pupils. Farah's startling rise led to him being voted Britain's athlete of the year for 2006, the first distance runner since Brendan Foster in 1976 to lift the prize, but his transformation off the track has been equally profound.
Favourite venue and why? Richmond Park. I just enjoy a Sunday run there seeing all the people recreational jogging. I bump into David Weir, the London wheelchair marathon winner, quite a lot down there.
Sporting heroes: I'm a big fan of Muhammad Ali, what he did as an athlete was amazing. I also admire Paula Radcliffe, and for her to talk to me, give me advice and encourage me and inspire me, is brilliant. She is testament to hard work and it is something I believe in very strongly.
Worst sporting moment: Finishing second twice in the European Under-23 event. I was beaten on the line by Chris Thompson, and the following year I was beaten by a Russian athlete. When you lose, the key is how you deal with it. Tactically you can get things wrong in a race, and that is a mistake, but if you are beaten because you are not fit enough it is soul-destroying.
Most memorable sporting moment: Seeing Paula Radcliffe win the World Cross-Country Championship, which was incredible, finishing second in the 5,000m at the European Track Championships last year and being on the podium, though I did feel disappointed that I hadn't won. Jesus Espana, from Spain, beat me on the line by nine-hundredths of a second
Toughest part of your sporting life: A stress fracture of the pelvis, which was awful, and in the early days learning to believe in myself deeply and listen to my inner voice. It helps you deal with the criticism and people who perhaps don't believe in you.
Why a life in sport, or if not, what would you have done? At school my favourite subjects were PE and maths. I was also good with my hands. Academically, I would have done something simple, probably with kids, like teaching, coaching or social work. I'm just very active physically, and always have been. If I don't go out and run, I seem to have too much energy and can't keep still.
Sports played: Loads of football growing up. I took to football after coming to England from Somalia when I was nine. I played right-back for Brentham United, and I wanted to be a professional footballer when I was younger. I was a terrible loser - I still hate losing - and in the long run, I was definitely more suited to an individual rather than a team sport. My theory is the harder you train, the less likely you are to lose.
Sports watched: I have videos of Steve Cram, Steve Ovett, Seb Coe, Brendan Foster and all the other great runners, and I like to see world-record times being run. Those old videos motivate and stimulate me, because one day I'd like someone to be watching me having done that. I follow Arsenal, but have not had the time to visit the Emirates Stadium, though it is something I do want to do.
Earliest sporting memory: As a youngster I was into football and not really into running, but one of my teachers - a PE teacher, Alan Watkinson - spotted my running ability when I was 11, and got me to run properly by rewarding me with kick-about football sessions at lunch-time. I went to the World Youth Championships, in Poland, where I finished sixth. Tim Benjamin and Mark Lewis-Francis were in the same GB team.
The 23-year-old Somalia-born star battled back bravely and eventually finished sixth in a time of seven minutes 55.36 seconds, with Spain's Jesus Espana winning the race in a fast 7:52.50sec.
Only the first four finishers qualify automatically and Farah had to wait until the conclusion of the second heat before learning he had earned his place in the final.
Women: Elle Baker (South London Harriers), Hatti Dean (Hallamshire Harriers Sheffield), Felicity Milton (Durham University), Jo Pavey (Exeter Harriers), Kate Reed (Bristol and West AC) and Hayley Yelling (Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow AC).
Men: Alan Buckley (Gateshead Harriers), Mo Farah (Newham and Essex Beagles), Phil Nicholls (Tipton Harriers), Ben Noad (Highgate Harriers), Michael Skinner (Blackheath Harriers Harriers and Bromley AC), Chris Thompson (Aldershot, Farnham and District), Steve Vernon (Stockport Harriers), Jason Ward (Altrincham AC) and Phil Wicks (Belgrave Harriers).
UK Athletics today announced the selection of a full complement of 15 senior athletes in the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland Team for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships to be staged in Mombasa, Kenya, on Saturday 24 March.
The team, named following the World Trials that were incorporated into the BUSA Championships at the University of Bath last Saturday, has an average age of 26. It is...
Well done Mo Farah for winning the 10,000m in the European Athletics Championships 2010 in Barcelona.
nsgunner 1 year ago
Mo Farah sealed his first major track title after storming to 3,000m gold and win Britain's opening medal at the European Indoor Championships in Turin. Well done Mo Farah, Nick McCormick, Mark Draper , Dwain Chambers and others
nsgunner 3 years ago
Farah & Vlasic are European Athletes of the Month of January
17.02.2009- European Athletics website
European Athletics is pleased to announce that British middle distance star Mo Farah and Croatian High Jumping star Blanka Vlasic have been selected as the European Athletes of the Month for January.
nsgunner 3 years ago
Farah hungry for another European title
9:10am Wednesday 3rd December 2008
By Tom Pollak »
Twickenham-based European senior mens 2006 cross country champion Mo Farah has a chance to regain his European cross country crown in Brussels on December 14.
nsgunner 3 years ago
telegraph
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.
nsgunner 3 years ago
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.
nsgunner 3 years ago
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
People were interested even though I come from Britain. They said why didn't I run for Somaliland, but they were still proud of me. I couldn't live there now though, I'm used to Western life.
nsgunner 4 years ago
GB team for 2007 World Championships
Mo Farah have been named in the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Athletics Championships in Osaka - and will be covered extensively on the BBC on the 24th of August.
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
The 24-year-old was disgusted as he watched Chambers' claims on television on Monday night that talent and determination alone would never be enough for an athlete to succeed at the highest level.
nsgunner 4 years ago
Farah, the European 5,000metres silver medallist, is trying to compete with the Africans who currently dominate middle distance and distance running.
nsgunner 4 years ago
European cross-country champion Mo Farah has branded Dwain Chambers a "loser" and dismissed his claims that only drug-fuelled athletes can win an Olympic title.
nsgunner 4 years ago
Men's reports from World Cross Country Championships Mo Farah European Cross Country Champion Mo Farah celebrated his 24th birthday 24 hours late by producing the run of his young life and leading the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to eighth place in the Senior Men's 12km race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on Mombasa Golf Course, Kenya, on Saturday 24 March. GB was the first non-African team to finish the gruelling race.
nsgunner 4 years ago
Fantastic Farah is top non-African
Great run: Mo Farah. Richard Lane/Sportsbeat Images
Teddington-based European cross country champion Mo Farah, who celebrated his 24th birthday the previous day, produced an outstanding run at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa, Kenya, on Saturday.
Farah was 10th, and the first non-African, to lead Great Britain to eighth best team in the senior men's 12km race.
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 4 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 4 years ago
nsgunner 4 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
Farah fit to lead GB's challenge
Britain's Mo Farah is back in full training ahead of next weekend's World Cross Country Championships in Kenya after overcoming injury and illness.
The European champion hurt his hip and calf in a fall during the 3,000m at the European Indoor Athletics Championships and then picked up a virus.
nsgunner 5 years ago
Farah fit to lead GB's challenge
Somali-born Mo Farah leads the British squad in Kenya
Britain's Mo Farah is back in full training ahead of next weekend's World Cross Country Championships in Kenya after overcoming injury and illness.
The European champion hurt his hip and calf in a fall during the 3,000m at the European Indoor Athletics Championships and then picked up a virus.
nsgunner 5 years ago
The Somali-born Farah, 24 next month, could not speak English when he arrived in Britain at the age of nine. "I went back to my school to give some awards out and it felt weird and funny," he said. "It suddenly hit me. I remembered how I couldn't speak any English and how I used to misbehave to get attention. And in case I couldn't remember it my teachers reminded me.
nsgunner 5 years ago
How Farah found the formula to take on world's best
Paul Weaver
The Guardian
It only struck Mo Farah how dramatically his life has changed when he recently returned to his school, Feltham Community College in Middlesex, to present awards to the pupils. Farah's startling rise led to him being voted Britain's athlete of the year for 2006, the first distance runner since Brendan Foster in 1976 to lift the prize, but his transformation off the track has been equally profound.
nsgunner 5 years ago
Flu and fall misery for Jo and Mo
There was disappointment at the European Indoor Championships in Birmingham for Teddington residents Mo Farah and Jo Pavey.
Pavey, who had been suffering from flu in the run-up to the championships, took the lead from the start of the 3,000m.
But she was passed with two of the 15 laps remaining to finish sixth (8:54.94).
nsgunner 5 years ago
Flu and fall misery for Jo and Mo
There was disappointment at the European Indoor Championships in Birmingham for Teddington residents Mo Farah and Jo Pavey.
Pavey, who had been suffering from flu in the run-up to the championships, took the lead from the start of the 3,000m.
But she was passed with two of the 15 laps remaining to finish sixth (8:54.94).
nsgunner 5 years ago
Favourite venue and why? Richmond Park. I just enjoy a Sunday run there seeing all the people recreational jogging. I bump into David Weir, the London wheelchair marathon winner, quite a lot down there.
nsgunner 5 years ago
Sporting heroes: I'm a big fan of Muhammad Ali, what he did as an athlete was amazing. I also admire Paula Radcliffe, and for her to talk to me, give me advice and encourage me and inspire me, is brilliant. She is testament to hard work and it is something I believe in very strongly.
nsgunner 5 years ago
Worst sporting moment: Finishing second twice in the European Under-23 event. I was beaten on the line by Chris Thompson, and the following year I was beaten by a Russian athlete. When you lose, the key is how you deal with it. Tactically you can get things wrong in a race, and that is a mistake, but if you are beaten because you are not fit enough it is soul-destroying.
nsgunner 5 years ago
Most memorable sporting moment: Seeing Paula Radcliffe win the World Cross-Country Championship, which was incredible, finishing second in the 5,000m at the European Track Championships last year and being on the podium, though I did feel disappointed that I hadn't won. Jesus Espana, from Spain, beat me on the line by nine-hundredths of a second
nsgunner 5 years ago
Toughest part of your sporting life: A stress fracture of the pelvis, which was awful, and in the early days learning to believe in myself deeply and listen to my inner voice. It helps you deal with the criticism and people who perhaps don't believe in you.
nsgunner 5 years ago
Why a life in sport, or if not, what would you have done? At school my favourite subjects were PE and maths. I was also good with my hands. Academically, I would have done something simple, probably with kids, like teaching, coaching or social work. I'm just very active physically, and always have been. If I don't go out and run, I seem to have too much energy and can't keep still.
nsgunner 5 years ago
Sports played: Loads of football growing up. I took to football after coming to England from Somalia when I was nine. I played right-back for Brentham United, and I wanted to be a professional footballer when I was younger. I was a terrible loser - I still hate losing - and in the long run, I was definitely more suited to an individual rather than a team sport. My theory is the harder you train, the less likely you are to lose.
nsgunner 5 years ago
Sports watched: I have videos of Steve Cram, Steve Ovett, Seb Coe, Brendan Foster and all the other great runners, and I like to see world-record times being run. Those old videos motivate and stimulate me, because one day I'd like someone to be watching me having done that. I follow Arsenal, but have not had the time to visit the Emirates Stadium, though it is something I do want to do.
nsgunner 5 years ago
My Sport: Mo Farah
Interview: Gareth A Davies
1:12am GMT 27/02/2007
Earliest sporting memory: As a youngster I was into football and not really into running, but one of my teachers - a PE teacher, Alan Watkinson - spotted my running ability when I was 11, and got me to run properly by rewarding me with kick-about football sessions at lunch-time. I went to the World Youth Championships, in Poland, where I finished sixth. Tim Benjamin and Mark Lewis-Francis were in the same GB team.
nsgunner 5 years ago
The 23-year-old Somalia-born star battled back bravely and eventually finished sixth in a time of seven minutes 55.36 seconds, with Spain's Jesus Espana winning the race in a fast 7:52.50sec.
Only the first four finishers qualify automatically and Farah had to wait until the conclusion of the second heat before learning he had earned his place in the final.
nsgunner 5 years ago
MO FARAH overcame a fall to qualify for 3000 metres final at the European Indoor Championships in Birmingham (2-4 March 07).
Farah lay third when he was accidentally tripped in his heat by Austria's Gunther Weidlinger just after the halfway stage of the race.
Last summer's European 5000m silver medallist leapt to his feet, but was 30 metres behind the last man in the tightly-packed field.
nsgunner 5 years ago
Women: Elle Baker (South London Harriers), Hatti Dean (Hallamshire Harriers Sheffield), Felicity Milton (Durham University), Jo Pavey (Exeter Harriers), Kate Reed (Bristol and West AC) and Hayley Yelling (Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow AC).
nsgunner 5 years ago
Men: Alan Buckley (Gateshead Harriers), Mo Farah (Newham and Essex Beagles), Phil Nicholls (Tipton Harriers), Ben Noad (Highgate Harriers), Michael Skinner (Blackheath Harriers Harriers and Bromley AC), Chris Thompson (Aldershot, Farnham and District), Steve Vernon (Stockport Harriers), Jason Ward (Altrincham AC) and Phil Wicks (Belgrave Harriers).
nsgunner 5 years ago
UK Athletics today announced the selection of a full complement of 15 senior athletes in the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland Team for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships to be staged in Mombasa, Kenya, on Saturday 24 March.
The team, named following the World Trials that were incorporated into the BUSA Championships at the University of Bath last Saturday, has an average age of 26. It is...
nsgunner 5 years ago
i hope he does well in china 08
abdiyusuf16 5 years ago