Mo Farah wins London half-marathon race

Mo Farah won the men’s Big Half in London to claim his third win in the half-marathon event, crossing the line in one hour one minute 49 seconds.

He surged clear of a group of four after about 50 minutes to win comfortably, with Jack Rowe in second and 2021 winner Jake Smith in third.

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It was Farah’s first race since disclosing that he was trafficked into the UK as a child.

He is part of the field for October’s London Marathon, where he is competing for the first time since 2019, having been a pacemaker at the elite-only event in 2020.