Mo Farah struggled to hide his disappointment despite picking up a bronze medal at the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff.
In wet and windy conditions, Farah outsprinted Ethiopia’s Abayneh Ayele in the home straight to take the final podium position in a time of 59:59 minutes.
However his main rivals – Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor and Bedan Karoki – had already finished ahead of him with the former successfully defending his title in 59:10 minutes despite falling at the start.
Despite being 27 seconds off his own European record, Farah’s medal was the first by a British man since 1993 when Carl Thackery took bronze in Brussels.
But ahead of another showdown with the Kenyans, this time on the track in Rio this summer, double Olympic champion Farah admitted he had wanted more.
“I'm disappointed," Farah told BBC Sport afterwards.
"With great support from the home crowd it would have been nice to win.
"But there were better athletes who won on the day, the guys were strong and I couldn't go with it. I did run a fast time but as an athlete you always want to win.
“Rio is definitely the aim. The guys are going to be strong in Rio, so I am going to work hard and this has just given me massive motivation." Sportsbeat 2016