Britain’s Mo Farah won the Great North Run for a record-breaking fourth successive year on Sunday.
Farah, a four-time Olympic champion, saw off a determined challenge from New Zealand’s Jake Robertson in the closing stages of the race to finish in a time of one hour and six seconds.
The 34-year-old is the first athlete to win the Great North Run four times in a row.
He is now level in terms of most victories with Kenya’s Benson Masya, who was champion four times in the 1990s.
Farah, who last month finished his glittering track career with a thrilling 5,000m victory at the Diamond League final in Zurich, produced his trademark ‘Mobot’ celebration in Newcastle as he crossed the line. Robertson was six seconds back in second place, with Ethiopia’s Feyisa Lilesa coming third.
Published 10 September 2017, 18:33 IST