London Marathon organisers hoping to secure Mo Farah return for next year

• Farah finished third in a race won by Eliud Kipchoge
• Coach Gary Lough backs him to challenge winner in future

London Marathon organisers are already lining up Mo Farah to run in next year’s race while his coach, Gary Lough, believes he could yet reach a “similar level” as the winner this year, Eliud Kipchoge.

The 35-year-old Farah is yet to decide on his next race over 26.2 miles but the likelihood is he will choose an autumn marathon in Chicago or New York – with Dubai in January an outside bet – before returning to the British capital next April. It is a prospect which one senior London Marathon figure told the Guardian they “would love to see happen”.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2JkDZHd