sport news Mo Farah rules out track comeback to focus on marathon gold at Tokyo Olympics

'If you are not on your A game you will get beat': Mo Farah rules out track comeback to focus on marathon gold Farah has ruled out a track comeback after returning to winning ways The 36-year-old won the Vitality London 10,000 for a seventh time on Monday He finished in a disappointing fifth place in the London Marathon last month

By Laura Lambert For Mailonline

Published: 23:26 BST, 27 May 2019 | Updated: 23:26 BST, 27 May 2019

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Sir Mo Farah has declared his track dream almost certainly over, insisting that he has to be 'smart' if he is to triumph in the marathon at Tokyo 2020.

A month on from finishing a disappointing fifth at the London Marathon, he was still unable to pinpoint exactly what went wrong, but insisted his almighty war of words with Haile Gebrselassie had not impacted him.

Farah returned to winning ways on the road on Monday, albeit over just 10km, and conceded afterwards that it looks unlikely he will return to the track.

Mo Farah returned to winning ways on the road in the Vitality London 10,000 on Monday

Mo Farah returned to winning ways on the road in the Vitality London 10,000 on Monday

Earlier this month he announced he would be bidding to defend his title at the Chicago Marathon in October instead of representing Great Britain at the World Athletics Championships in Doha.

And despite admitting he still looks at the current contenders for the 10,000m title and believes he could win, he said he has put his full focus on marathons.

'I look at it [the

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