Two-time London Marathon champion and world record holder Brigid Kosgei WITHDRAWS from Sunday’s race after damaging hamstring… as Sir Mo Farah prepares for what may very well be the ultimate elite-level occasion of his profession
- Brigid Kosgei has withdrawn from this 12 months’s London Marathon via harm
- The two-time champion has pulled out after lately damaging her hamstring
- The 28-year-old gained the occasion in 2019 and 2020 and was fancied this 12 months too
- Sir Mo Farah will compete in what may very well be the final elite-level occasion of his profession
The TCS London Marathon has suffered a blow after certainly one of its main contenders, the double champion Brigid Kosgei, was compelled to withdraw injured forward of Sunday’s race.
The world record holder, who gained within the capital in 2019 and 2020 earlier than taking Olympic silver final 12 months, has pulled out with a broken hamstring.
‘I have been struggling over the past month with an issue in the hamstring of my right leg,’ stated the Kenyan, 28.
Brigid Kosgei is out of the London Marathon this weekend after choosing up a hamstring harm
Kosgei gained the race in 2019 and 2020 and was among the many favourites for this 12 months’s occasion
‘My training has been up and down and not the way I would like to prepare to be in top condition for the 2022 TCS London Marathon.
‘We’ve determined it’s greatest I withdraw from this 12 months’s race and get additional therapy on my accidents as a way to enter 2023 stronger than ever.’
Sir Mo Farah will contest the boys’s race in what may very well be the ultimate elite-level occasion of his profession.
Sources have confirmed to Sportsmail that the four-time Olympic champion has no additional races on his present take care of the marathon organisers, which has beforehand included their 10k and Big Half occasions.
Sir Mo Farah will compete within the occasion, which may very well be the ultimate elite-level occasion of his profession
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