Running joke...
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:58 am
Mo Farah’s double gold medal triumphs at last year’s Olympic Games were watched by millions around the world – but obviously not by the TV journalist who asked: ‘Haven’t you run before?’
Mistaking Farah for a plucky amateur after he won the New Orleans half-marathon on Sunday, LaTonya Norton congratulated him, before saying: ‘This isn’t your first time?’ A clearly perplexed Farah, 29, who broke the British half-marathon record with his time of 1 hour and 59 seconds, replied: ‘Sorry?’
But Norton, who had earlier congratulated Farah on his victory, was unaware of her blunder, and put her foot in her mouth again by repeating the question and asking if it was his first time. The celebrated athlete, who is one of the most famous faces to come out of the Olympic Games in London last summer, then smiled as he replied: 'No it's not my first time.
