Long-distance Olympic champion Mo Farah’s failed to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. The British athelete failed once again to acheive the qualification time of 27 minutes and 28 seconds at the sepcial-arrancged race at the British Atheletics Championship.
Farah who won a grand double clinching the 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics.
“It’s a tough one. I’ve had an amazing career, thinking about it tonight it’s a bit shocking and I don’t really know what to say. I’m lucky enough to have so many medals.
“I’m one of these athletes who, if you can’t compete with the best, why bother? Maybe it’s time to spend time with my kids,” Farah was quoted as saying by The Guardian.
On Friday, he failed once again, though his time of 27:47.04 was marginally better than the June 5 race.
