{"id":22641,"date":"2013-09-16T02:26:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T00:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/farah-takes-second-in-great-north-run\/"},"modified":"2013-09-16T02:26:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T00:26:04","slug":"farah-takes-second-in-great-north-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/farah-takes-second-in-great-north-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Farah takes second in Great North Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=16771\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16771\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16771  \" alt=\"Close contest: Mo Farah chased Bekele down over the last 400 metres but fell just short of victory. Photo: PA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/0543c_article-0-1BD57C0B000005DC-806_634x397-600x375.jpg\" width=\"396\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close contest: Mo Farah chased Bekele down over the last 400 metres but fell just short of victory. Photo: PA<\/p>\n<p>Mo Farah had no complaints about finishing second to long-distance great Kenenisa Bekele after being pipped to the post in the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The pre-race build-up had focused on the contest between the British double world and double Olympic champion and Ethiopians Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie.<\/p>\n<p>And the race did not disappoint as the trio remained glued together for most of the 13.1-mile course across Newcastle and South Shields.<\/p>\n<p>In the end it was Bekele who led the three runners home in a time of one hour and nine seconds, holding off a late charge from Farah over the last 100 metres.<\/p>\n<p>And the Briton, who finished one second adrift, felt there was no shame in losing out to such an illustrious rival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a good race, a great finish,\u201d Farah told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Kenenisa went with a mile to go I thought the pace was just ridiculous. <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/mo-farah-greatest-british-distance-runner-says-seb-coe\/\" target=\"_blank\">I thought I\u2019d come back and close the gap slowly and I managed to close a little bit, but you can\u2019t take away what he has<\/a>.\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mail Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more Mo Farah news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/mo-farah\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/0543c_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Close contest: Mo Farah chased Bekele down over the last 400 metres but fell just short of victory. Photo: PA Mo Farah had no complaints about finishing second to long-distance great Kenenisa Bekele after being pipped to the post in the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday. 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