Mo no as Farah falls short in last race
MO FARAH suffered a nightmare last night as he narrowly lost a global championship final for the first time in six years.
On the London track where he had never been beaten, in front of a raucous sell-out crowd, the British star could only finish second to Ethiopian Muktar Edris.
Farah gave everything on the final lap, but a spring breakaway by Ethiopian pair Yomif Kejelcha and Edris proved just too much for him.
Not for a second had anyone in the London Stadium contemplated Farah, the winner of six World titles, failing to complete a magnificent seventh.
But, just as Usain Bolt had failed to sign off with the individual gold his fairytale storyline demanded, so Farah stumbled at the last.
Farah was unable to do what he had in Daegu, Moscow and Beijing at the last three World Championships dating back to 2011.
These have been the championships of the unexpected, what with Jamaica failing to win a title in either men’s or women’s sprints and Kenya’s women stripped of their usual golden touch.
But for the thousands of British fans present in London last night, this was the biggest upset of them all.