Mo Farah

Multiple Olympic and world champion Mo Farah admitted his elite track career could be over after he finished runner-up in the Vitality London 10000 on ...

"The World Championships are not on my radar at the minute... In terms of the track, that's it, I think. If my body allows me to continue to do it then maybe. "In three, months, two months...We've still got time. I love the sport and what I do, I've had a long career. "Your body has to be ready.

Farah, 39, declined to say whether he will target the World Championships in Eugene in July. | ITV National News.

Cross was left stunned by the outcome, saying: “I didn’t believe it until 20 metres from the finish, I was like, ‘He’s just going to outkick me, that’s just that’. I can’t explain the feeling. The 39-year-old athlete finished a minute outside his best time on the road set over the same course in 2010, and declined to say whether he will target the World Championships in Eugene in July. “It was not the result that I wanted but Ellis did really well," the four-time Olympic champion said after the event. I have got to be in great shape and compete with others."

Sir Mo Farah has admitted that his career as an elite track athlete is almost certainly over after he suffered a shock defeat by a club runner.

McColgan, who finished in 30min 23sec and took the Scottish record from her mother, Liz, said: “I’m gutted to have missed the British record by a couple of seconds. “We have those honest conversations and no one knows me better than my wife,” he said. “It must have been 20 years, at least, since I was beaten by a club runner,” Farah said. I didn’t expect it to happen. I don’t have my name on my bib. In terms of track that’s it, I think.”

As a mere club runner keen to run the Vitality London 10,000 on Monday, Ellis Cross had to pay his own entry fee of £37. Leaving home at 6am, he travelled to ...

On his surreal experience, Cross added: “I got turned down for an elite entry and had to sleep in my own bed last night and got up at 6am to get the train in. When asked when the last time time he was beaten by a club runner, Farah smiled: “It must have been 20 years at least. I tried to take the inside lane at the end and managed to hold on, so I’m absolutely delighted.” Farah said: “I wanted to test myself and see where I was. You go backwards and go: what do I need to change in my training? What do I need to get in more? His dream goal was to finish “somewhere near the top five”. Such was his disinterest in his actual time, he didn’t even wear a watch. But on Monday it was a different matter as Farah, now aged 39, could not keep pace when Cross accelerated from the front coming into the finishing straight outside Buckingham Palace on a sunny early summer morning. Cross even finished fifth in the 10,000m at the European Under-23 Championships in Bydgoszcz in 2017, whereas Farah won silver behind Chris Thompson in the same championships at, coincidentally, the same Polish venue in 2003. While Farah has established himself as a global running superstar with a stack of major championship victories from 2010 to 2017, Cross has led a relatively anonymous existence. Clearly stunned, Cross was all smiles as he produced the run of his life. After 28 minutes and 40 seconds of racing, though, he emerged as the winner in extraordinary style.

The four-time Olympic champion lined up in the Vitality London 10,000, his first outing for 11 months since suffering a foot injury as he failed to seal a ...

You’ve got to take it race by race and let the body see what it can do. You have to be able to compete with the guys. I’ve had a long career but there’s a lot of youngsters who are coming through, which is nice to see.” You have to be in the right frame of mind. I love the sport and I love what I do. A club runner from Aldershot, Cross was not part of the elite field at the race and had to pay his own £37 entry fee.