World Athletics Championships, Moscow 2013 Report
Double Olympic champion Mo Farah created history once again as he became the 1st British man to win a 10,000m world title in Moscow.
A year on from winning the 10,000m and 5,000m in London, the 30-year-old moved a step closer to repeating his Olympic feat in the Russian capital.
The Londoner saw off 2011 champion Ibrahim Jeilan in a thrilling sprint, crossing the line in 27 minutes and 21.71 seconds.
Ethiopia's Jeilan (27:22.23) had to settle for silver, just as Farah did at the World Championships 2 years ago, while Paul Tanui (27:22.61) secured bronze for Kenya.
Farah's victory brought the Great Britain team their 1st medal of the World Championships on the opening day.
Only 3 years ago, Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie - the man regarded as the greatest distance runner of them all - told Farah he had little chance of breaking Africa's grip in the long-distance events.
But ever since his exchange with the former Olympic and world champion, Farah has gone on to become Britain's greatest ever distance runner and the finest in the world right now.
The Briton now owns the Olympic and World 10,000m titles, and by the end of these championships he could be spoken of in the same breath as Gebrselassie and his compatriot Kenenisa Bekele, the only man in history to win double gold in the men's distance events at the Olympics and World Championships.
Source: BBC Sports
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