{"id":18133,"date":"2023-04-20T17:26:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T17:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/athletics-farah-says-london-will\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T17:29:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T17:29:03","slug":"athletics-farah-says-london-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/athletics-farah-says-london-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics-Farah says London will be his last marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) &#8211;     Mo Farah will compete in his final marathon in front of a home crowd in London on Sunday, the four-times Olympic gold medallist said on Thursday ahead of his likely retirement this year.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old, who withdrew from last year&#8217;s event due to injury, has run the London Marathon three times with a best finish of third in 2018, the same year he won the Chicago Marathon.<\/p>\n<p>About 750,000 people are expected to attend the race and Farah expects the occasion to be an emotional one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will be my last marathon. It won&#8217;t be my last race but in terms of marathon, the London Marathon will be my last,&#8221; Farah told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I started the mini-marathon here, so for me, it will be quite emotional. I remember (when I was) 14-years-old, I was here watching great athletes running on the Sunday and I was here taking part in the mini-marathon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The support, the people coming out in London, I think that will get to me but I will try not think about it and run. After the race maybe there might be a bit of tears and emotion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p> (Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Davis)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/athletics-farah-says-london-will\/london-marathon-elite-men-press-conference\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3J0U6-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3J0U6-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/athletics-farah-says-london-will\/london-marathon-elite-men-press-conference-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3J0U4-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3J0U4-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/athletics-farah-says-london-will\/london-marathon-elite-men-press-conference-3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3J0U5-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3J0U5-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) &#8211; Mo Farah will compete in his final marathon in front of a home crowd in London on Sunday, the four-times Olympic gold medallist said on Thursday ahead of his likely retirement this year. 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