Sir Mo Farah completes his FINAL race because the four-time Olympic champion brings down the curtain on his legendary profession by ending fourth within the Nice North Run

As Daft Punk’s One Extra Time performed out by means of the audio system on the South Shields seafront, Mo Farah crossed a end line for one ultimate time on Sunday.

The 40-year-old was unable to face on one final podium, putting fourth within the Nice North Run, an occasion he has received a document six instances.

However whereas Farah admitted to being upset on the consequence, he was completely satisfied it meant he may now grasp up his trainers, channelling his inside Steve Redgrave as he mentioned: ‘For those who see me working once more, you’ve obtained the proper to eliminate me.’

Sunday’s winner was Tamirat Tola, the 2022 world marathon champion, who dipped below the one-hour mark in unseasonable sunshine within the North-East.

Farah completed the long-lasting half marathon an enormous 3min 30sec behind the Ethiopian in a time of 1hr 3min 28sec. 

Sir Mo Farah’s glittering profession got here to an finish with a fourth place on the Nice North Run

Farah needed to complete his profession in Newcastle after profitable the Nice North Run six instances

Farah was greeted by followers after crossing the ending line throughout the race on Sunday morning 

Farah completed in 1:03:28 whereas Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola (left) received the lads’s elite race 

However with victory clearly out of his attain, the house favorite was as a substitute in a position to lap up the adulation of the hundreds of followers who lined the 13.1mile route from Newcastle to South Shields.

As he crossed the road, Farah blew a kiss to the gang after which imitated Geordie legend Alan Shearer’s raised-arm salute, earlier than strolling again up the course to high-five his adoring public, lots of whom have been waving ‘One Mo Time’ placards.

‘With out the gang I would not have gotten by means of it,’ he admitted. ‘Within the final two miles, I used to be attempting to take that in, interact with the gang and simply get pleasure from it as a result of it is not going to occur once more. It was so laborious to carry the tears in.’

This Nice North Run was the final leg of what has been a farewell tour for Farah this yr, starting with a ninth-place end in April’s London Marathon. And it introduced the ultimate proof of why he’s calling it a day, as he may solely preserve tempo with the frontrunners for the primary 4 miles, earlier than he was dropped and left preventing for fourth.

‘About 4 miles into it, I felt a bit tight,’ he mentioned. ‘The previous Mo, no one would be capable of get that hole in entrance of me. However my physique couldn’t do it and if I can’t be the most effective on this planet and mixing with these guys, why am I doing it?’

Farah was the easiest between 2011 and 2017, profitable 4 Olympic gold medals and 6 world titles. His affiliation with former coach Alberto Salazar, who was banned for doping violations, has clouded his profession.

However Farah displays fondly on a sport which ‘saved’ him after he was trafficked into England from Somalia as a baby. ‘This hasn’t been a straightforward life and generally you assume, “How did this man do it?” he mentioned. ‘I struggled in life, I used to be that child who wasn’t taken care of, who was in a darkish, darkish place and working saved me. Working was a method out of life.’

With out working in his life, Farah was planning to get pleasure from a takeaway curry final evening. As for the primary day of retirement? ‘I’ll take the children to high school after which I’ll sit at residence and have a cup of tea,’ grinned Farah. ‘I’ll possibly even do a little bit of gardening.’

Mo Farah clinched gold within the 5,000 and 10,000 metre races on the 2012 Olympics in London

Farah celebrates his 5,000 metre gold in London alongside one other star of these Video games in Usain Bolt

Farah repeated his double gold feat on the 2016 Olympic Video games in Rio De Janeiro