Mo Farah 'feeling good' despite New York half-marathon collapse

Double Olympic champion Mo Farah clarified that he was “feeling good” despite collapsing shortly after finishing second in the New York half-marathon.

Farah, who is preparing to make his full-marathon debut in London, next month, explained that he collapsed trying desperately to catch eventual winner Geoffrey Mutai after being tripped up at the six-mile mark.

He said: “I feel good, I just tried so hard in the race. It’s not a big deal. When I fell, I fell pretty hard. I told myself ‘don’t rush’ but when I saw the gap, the gap was big.”

Mutai made his race winning break with fellow Kenyon Stephen Sambu in the chaos that followed Farah’s early fall, winning in 60 minutes 50 seconds. The Briton caught Sambu for second place with just 800m of the race remaining.

Farah also highlighted the freezing conditions in New York and explained they would not affect his preparations for the London marathon.

He said: “Conditions here were very cold. London won’t be as cold as this. It would have been nice to win today, but he [Mutai] is a good athlete. Nothing changes for London – I will just keep training.”

Farah finished in 61minutes 8seconds, just nine seconds slower than his British record.