Farah: I shouldn’t have made Vernon comments on Twitter

Mo Farah has apologised for his Twitter spat with fellow 5,000m and 10,000m runner Andy Vernon, saying he has learned a lot from the episode.

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“I’ve definitely learned a lot. I apologise to all the fans and the public out there,” the 31-year-old said.

He had been responding after Vernon, who earned his best career result to date when he was second to Farah in the European 10,000m last summer, criticised the lack of high-level competition to face Farah in Birmingham on Saturday.

Farah added on BBC Radio Five’s Sportsweek programme this morning: “I shouldn’t have made the comments I did. To be honest with you, I reacted... my reaction got the best of me – 100 per cent. I apologise and we’ve just got to move on.”

Fired up by the public feud, which saw Somali-born Farah’s claims his team-mate questioned his nationality branded ”lies” by his rival, the double Olympic champion roared to a new world indoor best of eight minutes 03.40 seconds over two miles at the Sainsbury’s Indoor Grand Prix.