Mo Farah has withdrawn his name from Sunday's London Marathon.

Athletics General

Mo Farah has withdrawn his name from Sunday's London Marathon.

Due to severe hip injury, Britain's four times Olympic champion Mo Farah has to withdraw his name from his home London Marathon on Sunday.

Organizers reported that the six times world champion had suffered tightness in his right hip and was not fit to compete despite intensive treatment.

Farah is the sixth major withdrawal from the Sunday's London Marathon.

The withdrawal means that Farah, who turns 40 in March, has raced just seven times since October 2019, with his most recent run resulting in victory over a modest field in the 13.1-mile Big Half this month.

Farah's withdrawal is another huge blow for organizers, who had built up his clash with another legend, Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele.


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