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Summary Britain's Mohammad Farah has won mens 5,000 meters gold at the London Olympics.
Britains Mo Farah clinched an Olympic long distance double here Saturday, storming to a pulsating victory in the 5,000m just one week after his triumph in the 10,000m.The Somalia-born runner timed his kick to perfection to cross in 13min 41.66, fighting off Ethiopias Dejen Gebreskel, who took silver in 13:41.98, and Kenyas Thomas Longosiwa, who claimed bronze (13:42.36).Farah is only the seventh man to achieve the 5,000m-10,000m double, adding his name to an illustrious list of runners which includes Czech Emil Zatopek, Finlands Lasse Viren, Ethiopian Miruts Yifter and Kenenisa Bekele.Im just amazed - two gold medals, who would have thought that? said Farah, who moved to Britain at the age of eight after being born in Somalia and spending some years in Djibouti.I got great support from the crowd. It means a lot to me and those two medals are obviously for my two girls who are coming, he said of the twins his wife is expecting.I didnt feel great in the heats, but it was pretty good. The American guy tried to come past me but I knew I just had to hold on.Its been a long journey of grafting and grafting.Moroccan Abdalaati Iguider led through the first lap in a pedestrian 1min 11sec, with Farah seemingly soaking up the atmosphere two metres off the tailender.
