{"id":1241,"date":"2022-09-05T02:26:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T02:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/the-big-half-2022-mo-farah-and-eilish-mccolgan-win-london-half-marathon-races\/"},"modified":"2022-09-05T02:26:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T02:26:10","slug":"the-big-half-2022-mo-farah-and-eilish-mccolgan-win-london-half-marathon-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/the-big-half-2022-mo-farah-and-eilish-mccolgan-win-london-half-marathon-races\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Half 2022: Mo Farah and Eilish McColgan win London half-marathon races"},"content":{"rendered":"


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McColgan and Farah proved to be the class of their respective fields in the Big Half<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mo Farah won the men’s Big Half in London, while Eilish McColgan set a course record to win the women’s race.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Four-time Olympic gold medallist Farah claimed his third win in the half-marathon event, crossing the line in one hour one minute 49 seconds. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

McColgan was out on her own for much of the race and won in 1:07:35 to smash the previous course record of 1:09:51.<\/span><\/p>\n

David Weir set a course record to win the men’s wheelchair race and Eden Rainbow-Cooper won the women’s. <\/span><\/p>\n

Six-time Paralympic champion Weir, who also won the event in 2019, set new figures of 47:18, while Commonwealth Games silver medallist Rainbow-Cooper equalled the women’s record of 56:39.<\/span><\/p>\n

Farah’s last race produced a <\/span>shock defeat by club runner Ellis Cross<\/span><\/a> at the Vitality 10,000 in May. <\/span><\/p>\n

But on Sunday he surged clear of a group of four after about 50 minutes to win comfortably, with Jack Rowe in second and 2021 winner Jake Smith in third.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was Farah’s first race since <\/span>disclosing that he was trafficked into the UK as a child.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

He is part of the field for October’s London Marathon, where he is competing for the first time since 2019, having been a pacemaker at the elite-only event in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s nice to be back,” said Farah after his Big Half win. “I love this course. It wasn’t easy but most important, I think, was the win.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The key thing for me was to try to win no matter what happened. It was all practice for the London Marathon. <\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m excited and looking forward to it. The last several weeks have been good – I’ve got good consistent training going so I’m happy where I am.”<\/span><\/p>\n

McColgan’s victory rounds off a superb season for the 31-year-old, which has included Commonwealth Games gold for Scotland at 10,000m plus three other medals at Commonwealth and European level, and European 10km and British half-marathon records on the road.<\/span><\/p>\n

She has withdrawn from next month’s London Marathon<\/span><\/a> because of a medical issue identified as rebound hypoglycaemia, which affects endurance athletes and leads to reduced blood sugar levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s been a dream season,” said McColgan, who was followed home at the Big Half by 2021 winner Charlotte Purdue and Samantha Harrison.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m really happy. It was nice to be back in London and it was an incredible experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The crowd were amazing. I had people cheering, shouting ‘go on Liz’ halfway through as well so I was trying hard not to smile and laugh.”<\/span><\/p>\n

On her withdrawal from the London Marathon, she added: “It’s disappointing. If it was up to me then I would probably try to muscle through it but I know that is my heart speaking. The sensible decision is to get everything right for April.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Although not confirmed, the London Marathon is expected to revert to its traditional April date from next year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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