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Despite fall, Farah advances to 3000m Euro Champs
Posted March 2nd, 2007 at 7:51 AM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
One of Britain’s top medal hopes at these 29th European Indoor Championships, Mo Farah, survived a big scare today when he was tripped and fell during the first heat of the 3000m.
Farah, the reigning European cross country champion, was accidentally tripped from behind by Austria’s Günther Weidlinger in the seventh lap of the 15-lap race. Tumbling hard to the track, Farah became disoriented and actually began to run in the opposite direction after getting up, before turning around to rejoin the race.
“This guy clipped my leg and I went down,” said Farah after the race. “When I went down the Spanish guy (European 5000m champion Jesus España) picked up the pace.” He added: “I don’t know what happened, personally.”
España won the heat in 7:52.50, with Weidlinger second in 7:53.04 and defending champion Alistair Cragg of Ireland in third in 7:53.18. Farah, lifted by the cheers of the British crowd in the National Indoor Arena, fought his way back to finish sixth in 7:55.36, getting the second of four time qualifiers (the first four in each heat advanced automatically). He was relieved to advance to tomorrow’s final, but his come-from-behind effort today had taken its toll, physically.
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