The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Legend Farah prepares to bring curtain down on track career
Sir Mo Farah is braced for a tough and emotional final track farewell in Zurich tonight.
The four-time Olympic champion will bring the curtain down on his glittering track career when he races over 5,000 metres at the Weltklasse meeting.
The 34-year-old has the chance to gain revenge on the man who beat him to 5,000m gold at the World Championships in London earlier this month, Ethiopian Muktar Edris, ending his winning run at majors after 10 consecutive global titles.
“Now, finally, I can say, ‘This is it’,” Farah said at a press conference.
“Everything must come to an end at some point. Obviously I will be sad, I will miss it.
“I will try and not think about (the emotion of the occasion) too much.”
While Farah’s last track race in Britain was a comfortable 3,000m victory in Birmingham on Sunday, the Diamond League final is set to be a far more competitive affair.
The three Ethiopians who teamed up to defeat Farah on home soil 11 days ago are in the field, Yomif Kejelcha and Selemon Barega joining Edris, as is the bronze medallist from London, the Kenyan-born American Paul Chelimo.
Kinross athlete Eilidh Doyle takes on Czech Zuzana Hejnova in the 400m hurdles.
Doyle will be hoping for a good race to boost her chances of taking the runner-up prize money for the Diamond League year.
Scot Jake Wightman runs in the 1,500m against formidable opposition, including Kenyan Asbel Kiprop, while sprinter Adam Gemili faces newlycrowned world 100m champion Justin Gatlin and UK rival CJ Ujah.