The 34-year-old won his sixth world championship gold medal in a blistering 10,000 that had the entire crowd at the London Stadium on their feet. In a brief news conference afterwards, sandwiched between two treatment sessions, the Briton said that his victory had come at a cost. But I just had to be mentally stronger and think I didn’t work this hard for nothing and come out." Farah said he could not field many questions due to his “bad legs” and looked in some discomfort when standing up. Should he get through to Saturday’s final, Farah would have the chance to secure a third successive distance double at a world championships.

Source: The Star August 04, 2017 23:15 UTC