Mo Farah To Compete in London Marathon


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Mo Farah To Compete in London Marathon By: Francis Joseph Britain's Mo Farah will run in next year's London Marathon on 28 April, organisers have announced. The four-time Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion was third in this year's race, his first over the 26.2-mile distance since quitting the track. Farah, 35, finished in two hours, six minutes and 21 seconds to break Steve Jones' 33-year-old British record. Farah won October's Chicago Marathon in a new European record and wants to race at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. "Racing in London is very special to me and the London Marathon gives me the chance to run in front of my fans, on my home roads, where the atmosphere is like nothing else," he said.
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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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