Farah signs off with Zurich win

Mo brings curtain down on track career with exciting Diamond League final finish

Sir Mo Farah won his final track race at the Diamond League final in Zurich last night after clinching victory in a closelyfought 5,000 metres.

The four-time Olympic champion crossed the line in 13 minutes 06.05 seconds in a tight finish.

Farah was beaten to gold by Ethiopian Muktar Edris over the same distance at London’s World Championships earlier this month but he edged out his rival, who stumbled and came third in a photo finish with second-placed American Paul Chelimo.

A sell-out crowd at the Letzigrund Stadium, where Farah broke the 13minute barrier for the first time in his career in 2010 and where he became double European champion in 2014, were on their feet witnessing an incredible sprint to victory.

The athletes, together with Ethiopian Yomif Kenjelcha, dived across the line in the tightest of finishes ever seen in a 5,000m race.

It was Farah, however that crowned his momentous career with victory, his time just four hundredths of a second ahead of Chelimo, with Edris third and Kenjelcha fourth.

Farah said: “I wanted to win and it is amazing that I have won. But it was hard work. I will miss the track, the people, my fans. I have enjoyed running in stadiums for a lot of years.

“But now first of all I enjoy to be with my family. In the future I want to do road and see how that goes, see what my body can do. I’m not sure where my first road race will be.

“You have Boston, New York, London or Berlin, there are a lot of big marathons. I just want to enjoy running a marathon, I can maybe run 2:05:00 or 2:04:00. But for now…it’s chill out time.”

Meanwhile CJ Ujah posted the biggest win of his career as he raced to victory in the 100m in a season’s best 9.97 seconds.

The GB sprinter left world champion Justin Gatlin trailing in fourth as Ben Youseff Meite finished runner-up in 9.97.

Adam Gemili was eighth as he clocked a time of 10.13.

A stutter going into the final barrier cost 400m Kinross hurdler Eilidh Doyle third place as she faded to fifth over the run-in and finish in a time of 55.09 seconds.

Zuzana Hejnova followed up her win at last weekend’s Birmingham fixture with a season’s winning best of 54.13.

The second-fastest 3,000m steeplechase time in history came in the women’s event as former Kenyan Ruth Jebet, now representing Bahrain, powered home in a time of 8: 55.29 – a world lead and meeting record and only bettered by her own world record of 8:52.78.

Edinburgh AC’s Jake Wightman was the first non-Kenyan to finish in the 1,500m, with the Kenyans filling the top six placings .Timothy Cheruiyot claimed victory in a time of 3:33.93.

Wightman, winner of the Emsley Carr Mile in Birmingham last Sunday, moved strongly up the field with 150m remaining to come home seventh.

His time of 3:35.25 was his second fastest ever and only one second off his personal best 3:34.17.

World and Olympic champion Caster Semenya retained the 800m Diamond Trophy as she extended her unbeaten streak in the event to 20 wins.

The 26-year-old South African took the finish tape in 1:55.84, having pulled away to victory as she entered the home straight.

The final event of the night – the women’s 4 x100m relay – saw the GB world silver medallists narrowly beaten on the finish line by Jamaica.

Getty. Mo Farah, top, takes the honours in an amazing finish to the 5,000m, but it was a disappointing night for Kinross hurdler Eilidh Doyle, above.