LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's double Olympic champion Mo Farah will run the first half of this year's London marathon prior to making his debut over the full distance in the 2014 race.
"The Olympic 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres champion has agreed to make his full marathon debut at the 2014 London marathon and will use this year's race to prepare himself for the challenge of tackling 26.2 miles (42.195 kms)," a statement from the race organisers said on Saturday.
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