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In video: Sir Mo Farah takes Mobot to new heights

The 34-year-old is calling time on his track career at the end of the month.

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Four-time Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah took the Mobot to new heights – as he struck a pose on top of the London Eye.

The 34-year-old is calling time on his track career at the end of the month and broke down in tears as he claimed a silver in the 5,000m at the World Championships in London on Saturday night.

Sir Mo was back in his tracksuit on Sunday morning on the banks of the Thames as clambered outside the capsule on top of the 135m high wheel.

“It’s amazing. London has a lot to say and it has a great icon.

“It’s amazing for me, the journey started in London and I always wanted to end it in London and with the World Championship here …was a good way to end my career.”

Sir Mo won the 10,000m and 5,000m at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships while he also claimed the 5,000m crown in 2011, taking silver in the 10,000m – the last time he was beaten.

It followed a pair of golds at the Rio and London Olympics.

He crossed the line in 13 minutes 33.22 seconds on Saturday but was defeated by Ethiopia’s Muktar Edris after failing to mount a recovery in the last 200m in a frantic sprint finish.

Sir Mo is due to retire from the track at the end of the month, after the Diamond League final in Zurich, to focus on the marathon, and said: “Training has been going pretty well. I came to this championship, gave it all my best and come away with one gold and one silver.

“I’m disappointed with silver but at the same time a better man won on the day and there’s nothing I could have done. I did my best and in athletics there’s no hiding: what you put in is what you get out.

“It’s taken him (Edris) years to be able to beat me and finally they got that last night.”

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