Farah has no qualms over Tokyo Olympics delay
British distance great Mo Farah has insisted he still intends to compete at the Tokyo Olympics albeit they need been delayed a year by the coronavirus.
Last week saw the 2020 Games postponed thanks to the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 and can now happen from July 23 to August 8, 2021.
Farah will have celebrated his 38th birthday by the time of the rescheduled Games and there are concerns that athletes who had planned to be in peak form this year might not reach an equivalent heights in 12 months' time.
But the four-time Olympic gold medallist backed the postponement and was adamant it might not affect his ability to compete.
"The Olympics was about the last item to urge cancelled. during a way obviously it's disappointing it's been cancelled but i'm glad it's been cancelled," Farah told Talksport radio on Friday.
Farah, who won Olympics gold within the 5,000 and 10,000 metres at both the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games, added a delay was preferable to trying to suit in an Olympics without sufficient training time and warm-up races.
"In how we could are during a far worse situation, there are not any races leading up thereto , athletes can't test themselves," he said.
"I would probably need about six, seven, eight races beforehand to ascertain what quite shape i'm in," explained Farah. "It is what it's and it gives us another year of preparation.
"At the instant , nobody is brooding about that. i'm still running a day , just trying to urge through this crisis time.
"It isn't just sport, it's affecting everything we do. it's a difficult situation for everybody and particularly for the older people, the more vulnerable.
"We just need to stick together , stay strong. We just need to get through this. it's a test for everywhere within the world and it's growing."
Farah has faced repeated questions on his relationship with former coach Alberto Salazar, who was given a four-year ban from athletics in October for doping violations, although there's no suggestion of wrongdoing by the Somali-born runner.
