Farah wins largest half marathon for record 3rd time
Great Britain’s four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah won the Great North Run, the world’s largest half marathon by participants, held in the UK on Sunday. This was Farah’s third consecutive title, making him world’s first runner to achieve the feat. The 21 km half marathon is organised annually and starts from Newcastle, with the 2016 edition featuring almost 57,000 participants.