(London) Briton Mo Farah put an end to his “incredible career” on Sunday during the Newcastle half marathon, in the north of England, with an anecdotal fourth place in the city where he had chosen to run his race. reverence.
At 40, the four-time Olympic champion over 5,000 and 10,000 meters had decided to make the “Great North Run” the epilogue of his long and rich career, five months after a final appearance at the London marathon.
Farah covered the distance in one hour, three minutes and twenty-eight seconds, cheered by his supporters gathered along a race he won six times.
“It’s the end of my career. I wanted to come here and celebrate,” the runner commented to the BBC. “It’s been an incredible career.”
The British athlete of Somali origin has twice achieved the 5,000 and 10,000 meter double at the London Games, at home in 2012, then at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. He has also been six times world champion on these distances.
The king of athletics tracks, knighted by the Queen of England for his Olympic exploits, revealed in July 2022 in a documentary that he had arrived illegally in the United Kingdom under a false identity before being forced to work as a servant in a family.
