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LANGFORD: FARAH FILM FIRING ME TO LONDON

KYLE LANGFORD says he’s ready to up his workload to squeeze every drop of potential from himself next season, having taken inspiration from the BBC documentary on Mo Farah during a tough summer in 2016.

Kyle Langford, winning the British 800m title in 2015, couldn’t replicate his form this year
MARK SHEARMAN

The 20-year-old 800m runner was one of the biggest revelations in British athletics last year when he made the team for the World Championships in Beijing, having won the European junior title and run a 1:45.78 personal best at the Anniversary Games to go third on the British all-time junior list, just one hundredth of a second behind Steve Ovett.

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