- Briton finishes eighth in 10,000m at European Cup
- Olympic champion ran first race over distance since 2017
Mo Farah is facing an uphill struggle to make his fourth Olympic Games after finishing eighth and failing to record the qualifying time for Tokyo at the European Cup in Birmingham. Farah, who was running his first 10,000m for four years, was expected to easily run the 27:28:00 time needed.
But long before the end his body was failing him and he was even beaten by his fellow Briton Marc Scott in a sprint finish. Farah’s finishing time, 27:50:54 was his slowest for years.
