Great Britain?s running hero Mo Farah aims to join a select band of athletes tonight when he bids to complete the much-coveted long-distance double in front of his adoring fans at the Olympic Stadium. Mo Farah?s 10,000m win has been one of the highlights of the Olympics (Picture: Getty Images) Just five men in Olympic history have taken the 5,000m and 10,000m titles at the same Games ? Emil Zatopek of the old Czechoslovakia in 1952, Vladimir Kuts of the USSR in 1956, Finland?s Lasse Viren in 1972 and 1976, Miruts Yifter of Ethiopia in 1980 and countryman Kenenisa Bekele at Beijing four years ago. And Farah, who has already claimed victory in the 10,000m at London 2012 a week ago ? on the same night of glory that Jessica Ennis and Greg Rutherford also took gold in the heptathlon and long jump respectively ? will be counting on similar fanatical support as he attempts to add the shorter distance crown in Stratford. Farah is also hoping to add the Olympic 5k gong to the world title he won in Daegu last year, when he held off the Ethiopian Dejen Gebremeskel and former world champion Bernard Lagat, of the United States, to become the first British man to win either distance event at global level. Mo Farah finished third in the 5,000m heat (Picture: Getty Images) Lagat, for whom London is realistically his final chance for an Olympic gold after silver and bronze medals in the 1500m at previous Games, took silver in South Korea that night, while Gebremeskel, who clocked 13minutes 15.15seconds in his semi-final in London this week, was left with bronze. Both will be challenging Farah again, along with his training partner Galen Rupp (USA), who took the silver behind Briton in the 10,000m seven days ago. Grebremeskel is the world leader this season, but other danger men are his young team-mates, 18-year-old world junior record holder Hagos Gebrhiwet and Yenew Alamirew. There are concerns, of course, that his exertions in winning the 10,000m have taken their toll on the 29-year-old, and Farah looked distinctly shattered in his 5k semi-final when he clocked 13.26.00 to finish third. After his sensational burst for gold in the 10,000m, though, he admitted: ?The crowd got so behind me, my legs were getting tired but I could see the crowd and it gave me that boost I needed. ?The crowd was getting louder and louder. I have never experienced anything like it.? And if he is still in contention at the bell for the final lap this evening the noise levels could even top that magical night and give our man the surge he needs to complete his remarkable odyssey. It?s a tall order, but there is one man who can do it, it is our Mo. PICTURES: Window on the Olympics
Source: http://bbc-worldnews.net/2012/08/mo-farah-aims-to-complete-legendary-olympic-long-distance-double-in-2012/
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