Farah announces return to the track for 2020

29/11/2019
https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/news/mo-farah-track-return-2020-olympics-tokyo-100

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah has announced he will return to the 10,000m on the track next year in a bid to win a fifth Olympic title in Tokyo.

The British distance runner hung up his track spikes at the end of 2017 after the World Athletics Championships in London, where he earned his sixth world title by winning the 10,000m and claimed silver in the 5000m.

He shifted his focus to the roads in 2018, placing third at the London Marathon and then winning in Chicago with a European record of 2:05:11.

He came close to his marathon PB in London earlier this year, finishing fifth in 2:05:39, three minutes behind eventual winner Eliud Kipchoge. In his most recent race, last month’s Chicago Marathon, Farah placed eighth in 2:09:58, four minutes adrift of winner Lawrence Cherono.

“It has been really exciting to compete in the marathon for the past couple of years,” said Farah, who won Olympic 5000m-10,000m doubles in 2012 and 2016. “To win the Chicago Marathon, a major marathon, was nice. To finish third at the London Marathon was good.

“It’s been a great learning curve for me. Doing a marathon and to run 2:05, a European record, it was very exciting. The training for it was totally different to the track.

“I have decided that next year at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games I’m going to be back on the track,” he added. “I’m really excited to be competing back on the track and to give it a go in the 10,000m. Hopefully I haven’t lost my speed, but I’ll train hard for it and see what I can do. It’s exciting.”

Farah’s last 10,000m on the track was at the 2017 World Championships where he won in 26:49.51 with Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei finishing second. Cheptegei, the world cross-country champion, has now succeeded Farah as the world champion at the distance after the 23-year-old won in Doha in 26:48.36.

Farah’s 2017 victory in London and Cheptegei’s recent triumph in Doha played out in similar fashion. Their splits at 9000m were near identical (Farah 24:20.69 in London, Cheptegei 24:20.79 in Doha). But Cheptegei was faster than Farah in the final 1000m (2:27.57 v 2:28.82), 800m (1:56.63 v 1:57.55) and 400m (55.38 v 55.63).

Should Farah recapture his speed from his peak track-racing days, it would make for a mouth-watering clash against Cheptegei, one of the most exciting distance runners in the world at present.

If Farah, who will turn 37 in March next year, earns a medal or even simply finishes in the top 10 in Tokyo, he will make history. No one aged 37 or older has ever finished in the top 10 in a men’s 10,000m final at the Olympic Games. Mamo Wolde was 36 years and four months when he earned silver in 1968, while fellow Ethiopian Miruts Yifter was 36 years and two months when he claimed gold in 1980.

Alison dos Santos participa da Festa de Gala do Atletismo Mundial

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23/11/2019

Alison está entre os melhores atletas em ascensão no mundo (Wagner Carmo/CBAt)

Numa cerimônia realizada neste sábado (23/11), em Mônaco, o prêmio de revelação ficou com o etíope Selemon Berega, mas o brasileiro estava entre os indicados e comemorou: "Estou muito feliz com o meu ano"

Bragança Paulista - Alison Brendom dos Santos, o Piu, que encerra 2019 como líder do Ranking Mundial Sub-20 dos 400 m com barreiras, participou da festa de Gala do Atletismo Mundial (World Athetics, ex-IAAF), neste sábado (23/11), em Mônaco, como um dos cinco candidatos ao prêmio de Estrela em Ascenção do Atletismo Mundial. Eram cinco os indicados e o vencedor foi Selemon Barega, da Etiópia, de 19 anos, medalha de prata nos 5.000 m no Mundial de Doha, Catar, 5º colocado no Mundial de Cross Country de Aarhus-2019 e líder do Ranking Mundial Sub-20 nos 5.000 m (12:53.04) e 10.000 m (26:49.46).

Alison comemorou a indicação e o convite para a festa de gala do atletismo mundial, cerimônia com direito a entrada no tapete vermelho, parada para fotos e entrevista coletiva prévia - o brasileiro e os etíopes Selemon Barega e Lamecha Girma foram os escolhidos para o encontro com a imprensa.

"Estou muito feliz porque iniciamos a temporada com metas na categoria sub-20 e acabei superando todas as expectativas. Agora é se preparar para a Olimpíada de Tóquio-2020", disse Alison, já qualificado para a competição do Japão.

"O ano do Alison foi excepcional. Eu sabia que poderia chegar a esse nível, mas foi um ano perfeito para um menino de 19 anos, que atingiu todos os objetivos na categoria dele e foi finalista no Mundial adulto. É gratificante, coroa um bom trabalho que a gente fez, nós, o Pinheiros, a CBAt, o COB, os profissionais envolvidos e a imprensa, que divulga o nosso trabalho e os nossos patrocinadores", afirmou o treinador Felipe de Siqueira.

Alison bateu sete vezes o recorde sul-americano sub-20 dos 400 m com barreiras, terminou o ano na liderança no Ranking Mundial da categoria, com 48.28, ganhou as medalhas de ouro nos Jogos Pan-Americanos de Lima, no Pan-Americano Sub-20 de San José, na Costa Rica, e na Universíade de Nápoles e foi 7º colocado no Mundial de Doha, no Catar. Ganhou ainda ouro nos 400 m no Sul-Americano de Lima, Peru.

Além de Selemon Barega e Alison dos Santos (Brasil) os demais indicados eram Lamecha Girma (Etiópia), vice-campeão dos 3.000 m com obstáculos no Mundial de Doha, Jalob Ingebrigtsen (Noruega), campeão europeu indoor dos 3.000 m e Mykhaylo Kokhan (Ucrânia), líder do Ranking Mundial sub-20 do lançamento do martelo, com 77,39 m (https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/2019-male-rising-star-award-finalists).

Alison dos Santos concorre também ao troféu na categoria Melhor Atleta Masculino da Nova Geração do PanAm Awards, premiação dos Jogos Pan-Americanos de Lima, Peru. A cerimônia será realizada no dia 13 de dezembro, em Fort Lauderdale (EUA) e a votação está aberta até 30 de novembro: www.panamsports.org/vote

Os melhores atletas do ano foram o queniano Eliud Kipchoge, de 35 anos, que venceu a Maratona de Londres pela quarta vez em 2019 (3:02:37) e em outubro rompeu a barreira de duas horas da distância com uma performance de 1:59:40.2 no Ineos 159 Challenge, em Viena. Entre as mulheres, o prêmio ficou com Dalilah Muhammad, de 29 anos, que quebrou o recorde mundial dos 400 m com barreiras duas vezes no ano, primeiro com 52.20 no US Championships e depois no Mundial de Doha, com 52.16. A revelação feminina foi a ucraniana Yaroslava Mahuchikh, de 18 anos, que ganhou a medalha de prata com recorde mundial sub-20 no salto em altura (2,04 m), em Doha.

A Caixa é a Patrocinadora Oficial do Atletismo Brasileiro.

Muhammad and Kipchoge named World Athletes of the Year

23 NOV 2019 PRESS RELEASE MONACO

https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/kipchoge-muhammad-world-athletes-of-the-year2

Eliud Kipchoge and Dalilah Muhammad have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Awards 2019, held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Saturday (23). 

Kipchoge, the winner of the award last year, added to his phenomenal marathon CV in 2019. In April he captured his fourth victory at the London Marathon with a 2:02:37 course record, the third fastest performance of all time. The 35-year-old Kenyan followed up in October by blasting through the distance's two-hour barrier with a 1:59:40.2 performance at the Ineos159 Challenge in Vienna.

Muhammad, 29, broke the world record in the 400m hurdles twice this year, first with a 52.20 performance at the US Championships in July to eclipse a mark which had stood since 2003. Muhammad broke it again at the World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, clocking 52.16 in one of the championships' most eagerly-awaited finals to claim the world title for the first time. Muhammad also won world gold in the 4x400m relay and won five of her seven races.

Male Rising Star - Selemon Barega

Barega, 19, was the silver medallist in the 5000m at the World Championships, and finished fifth in the senior race at the World Cross Country Championships Aarhus 2019. The Ethiopian also produced world U20 leads at both the 5000m and 10,000m with 12:53.04 and 26:49.46, respectively.

Female Rising Star - Yaroslava Mahuchikh

2019 Rising Star Award winner Yaroslava Mahuchikh with World Athletics Senior Vice President Sergey Bubka (Dan Vernon) © Copyright

Mahuchikh, the 2017 world U18 champion, continued her ascension into the high jump elite at the World Championships where she twice broke the world U20 record, first with a leap of 2.02m and again with a clearance of 2.04m to secure the silver medal. The 18-year-old also won the European U20 title.

Coaching Achievement - Brother Colm O'Connell

Coaching Achievement Award recipient Brother Colm O'Connell with Wilson Kipketer (Dan Vernon) © Copyright

During a coaching career that has spanned more than four decades, O'Connell, an Irish missionary who has lived in Iten, Kenya, since 1976, has coached 25 world champions and four Olympic gold medallists, including Wilson Kipketer and David Rudisha, the World Athletes of the Year in 1997 and 2010, respectively. Kipketer presented him with his award.

Fair Play Award - Braima Suncar Dabo

Dabo, a distance runner from Guinea-Bissau, made headlines around the world after he helped fellow runner, Jonathan Busby of Aruba, to the finish line during their opening round heat of the 5000m at the World Championships. Busby was near collapse with about 200 metres left in the race, when Dabo stopped to help his distressed fellow competitor. 

President's Award - Vikki Orvice

Orvice, a long-time British athletics journalist for The Sun, passed away last February after a long battle with cancer. Orvice served as chairperson of the British Athletics Writers Association (BAWA) between 2003 and 2005, the first woman to be appointed the role. She was also vice-chair of the Football Writers Association, one of the directors of Women In Football and a member of the IAAF Press and Media Operations Advisory Group.

Woman of the Year - Derartu Tulu

The Ethiopian distance running legend who won Olympic 10,000m titles in 1992 and 2000, Tulu has served as acting president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation since November 2018. She is also a Council member of the African Athletics Confederation and vice president of the East Africa Athletics Region.

Athletics Photograph of the Year - Felix Sanchez Arrazola

The Spanish photographer’s image of a jubilant Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce moments after winning her fourth world 100m title was judged to be the winner from this year’s shortlist of three photographs. Arrazola also won the award in 2018.

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