By AFPMore by this AuthorLONDONBritain's Mo Farah insisted his highly public dispute with distance great Haile Gebrselassie played no part in his disappointing fifth-placed finish in the London Marathon on Sunday. Four-time Olympic track champion Farah was looking to build on his third-place in last year's edition. Farah said Gebrselassie made no effort to recover the stolen items. Farah, asked after finishing on Sunday if the row and the ensuing fall-out just days before the race had been a distraction, replied: "Not at all. Olympic champion Kipchoge's time of 2:02:37 seconds was second only to the 2:01:39 he ran in Berlin last year.

Source: Daily Nation April 28, 2019 15:56 UTC