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Rio 2016: Mo Farah ignores fall to earn 10,000m gold

Updated on: 15 August,2016 08:23 AM IST  | 
AFP |

Britain’s Mo Farah overcame the shock of a mid-race fall on Saturday to take a second straight Olympic 10,000m title and extend his remarkable record at global championships

Rio 2016: Mo Farah ignores fall to earn 10,000m gold

Mo Farah

Rio De Janeiro: Britain’s Mo Farah overcame the shock of a mid-race fall on Saturday to take a second straight Olympic 10,000m title and extend his remarkable record at global championships.


Mo Farah
Britain's Mo Farah


The 33-year-old produced a trademark surge over the last 100 metres to time 27min 05.17sec in the 25-lap race. Kenyan Paul Tanui won silver in 27:05.64 with Ethiopian Tamirat Tola third in 27:06.26.


Farah tumbled in the 10th lap after being clipped by American training partner Galen Rupp. But he brilliantly recovered to accumulate a second 10,000m title to add to the 5,000m gold he also won in London four years ago.

"When I went down, I thought, ‘Oh my God, that is it.’ I just got up and wanted to stick with the guys and stay strong," Farah said. "It’s never easy but everyone knows what I can do." Farah added: "I thought about all my hard work and that it could all be gone in a minute. I wasn’t going to let it go. I got up quickly. I thought about my family. It made me emotional."

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