Beagle’s
athlete Mo Farah finished third in a domestic 4km race at the Bupa
Great Edinburgh International Cross-Country. It was the second defeat in the
space of four weeks for the 26 year old Londoner, who collapsed in exhaustion
after being beaten into second place at the European Cross-Country
Championships in Dublin last month. "There's something not right, I almost
collapsed again," he said.
Mo opened up a big early lead in the snow of
Holyrood Park only to be overhauled on the final lap by fellow Britons Ricky
Stevenson and Steve Vernon. Stevenson sprinted away to win in 13min 20sec with Mo
eight seconds behind in third.
Mo, who is due to fly to Kenya for a high altitude training camp, said he
was determined to put his defeat behind him. "I went off too hard and at
the end I had nothing left," he said. "I've got to put this to the
back of my mind and come back positive. I promise you, I'll come back stronger.
Elsewhere, at the SEAA Indoor Championships there were third place wins in
the 800m for Nakole Iddirisuin the U20 M(1:57.91),Tommy
Bowerin the U17 M(2:03.29)andEleanor Boundsin the U17 W(2:21.06). There was a first place win for Beagles newcomer RobbieGrabarz in the High Jump (2.15) at the Loughborough University Open, with Matt Roberts taking second place (2.10).
Mo opened up a big early lead in the snow of
Holyrood Park only to be overhauled on the final lap by fellow Britons Ricky
Stevenson and Steve Vernon. Stevenson sprinted away to win in 13min 20sec with Mo
eight seconds behind in third.