Mo Farah has further engraved his name in the history book after successively defending his 10,000m Olympic title in Rio and becoming a double champion in the event.
The Great Britain athlete was the favourite coming into the race and he did not disappoint as he ran a time of 27:05.17 to take the win.
Farah now joins a very small elite list of Olympic greats who successfully defended their titles, a list that include Lasse Artturi Viré who won double GOLD at the 1972 Munich Games and in 1976 in Montreal.
In the 15th lap, Farah fell but he still picked himself up and continued racing, still mustering enough in his tanks to win GOLD. It goes to show Farah’s dominance in the long distance events, that even the East Africans could hardly find an answer to the Great Britain athlete.
Kenya’s Paul Kipngetich Tanui ran a Season’s Best of 27:05.64 to get Silver, with Tamirat Tola taking the Bronze in 27:06.26.
The defending champion as ever was tactical with his race, allowing his opponents to make their move before attacking. When they took the bell and approached the last 300m, Tanui went in front, but Farah was with him till the Kenyan started to wear out and he attacked in the last 100m.
Now the question is, can Farah do the double in Rio when he competes in the 5000m and make more history? You can’t bet against him.
