- Former UKA performance director dies aged 60
- Farah: ‘I have lost a good friend … my heart is broken’
A heartbroken Sir Mo Farah has led the tributes to Neil Black, the former UK Athletics performance director who has died suddenly at the age of 60, calling him a “great man” who helped shape him into an Olympic champion.
Black, who is believed to have died of natural causes at his flat in Quorn near Loughborough on Monday, was a longstanding personal physiotherapist and confidant to Farah, who he had known for over two decades.
Written by Sean Ingle
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