Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mo Farah celebrates on the podium with second placed Paul Kipngetich Tanui (left) of Kenya and third-placed Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia. “Obviously it is a small sport,” Farah said. Farah is the sixth man to win two Olympic 10,000m titles, following on from Paavo Nurmi, Emil Zátopek, Lasse Virén, Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele. Rupp then told him “just get behind me” and they set off again, Farah asking himself “is the race done? Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images“If it happened with five laps to go I think the race would have been over,” Farah said.

Source: The Guardian August 14, 2016 04:45 UTC