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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Matt Majendie

London Marathon 2022: Stars absent but deep field holds plenty of intrigue

Absent: Mo Farah

(Picture: Getty Images)

Sunday’s London Marathon was supposed to see Mo Farah on the comeback trail in his first marathon for three years.

His training partner, Bashir Abdi, the Olympic and world champion, said before his withdrawal that in training Farah had returned to the sort of form he was in before winning the Chicago Marathon in 2018.

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