FARAH BATTLED BACK FROM A FALL TO RETAIN HIS 10,000M CROWN

Farah will now seek to retain the 5,000m too, hoping to
emulate Finn Lasse Viren, the only man to defend both titles
in 1976. Every one of Farah's Olympic triumphs have come
in virtually the same way as he sits in behind a group of
Ethiopians and Kenyans before blasting out an unstoppable
final lap.

There was a twist on this occasion, however, as he tripped
and fell early in the race when he tangled with his American
training partner Galen Rupp with 16 laps remaining.
He bounced up quickly though and with the East Africans
failing to test him by pushing the pace, there was an air of
inevitability about the outcome as he swept past Kenya's
Paul Tanui and roared home.
“It's hard mentally when you go down,” a tearful Farah
admitted. “I got emotional because you put so much work in
and in one moment it's gone. That one moment could be it.”