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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sean Ingle

London Marathon chief urges Mo Farah to take inspiration from Kipchoge

Mo Farah after winning the Big Half, which runs from Tower Bridge to Greenwich, London, this month
Mo Farah failed to qualify for the Olympics last year or any major championships in 2022. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA

Mo Farah has been urged not to make any hasty decisions about retirement and to take inspiration from the world record holder Eliud Kipchoge when he returns to run the London Marathon on Sunday.

Farah, who turns 40 in March, has looked a shadow of his best over the past couple of seasons. However the London Marathon’s event director, Hugh Brasher, said it would be wrong to write him off after a couple of poor performances.

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