Olympic trials 2012: Mo Farah withdraws from 1500m final But despite claiming he was looking forward to competing in the final, the 29-year-old pulled out on Saturday morning after deciding with his coach Alberto Salazar to focus on defending his European 5,000m title in Helsinki next week. A press release from UK Athletics on June 12, which urged the public to buy tickets for the three-day trials at the Alexander Stadium, had quoted Farah as saying: "At the Olympics I'll need to recover as quickly as possible between races, so running two races back to back will be good preparation." Idowu, whose picture is plastered all over the Alexander Stadium, has not competed since suffering an injury while competing in Oregon on June 2. He will spend his time instead at the Hackney Weekend event in his native London, posting a picture of himself on Twitter last night holding a handful of tickets. World indoor triple jump champion Yamile Aldama, world 1500m silver medallist Hannah England, triple jumper Nathan Douglas and 800m runner Jenny Meadows are also absent through injury, but Jessica Ennis is scheduled to compete in four individual events as she prepares to battle for heptathlon gold in London.