There was no disputing Farah’s class, as he clinched victory in an event he has now dominated at two Olympics and two World Championships.
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The 33-year-old Briton will now aim to recreate his double gold haul from London 2012 when he competes in the 5000m on Wednesday. “But I believe some day one of us will beat him”, Tanui said.
But perhaps, Farah’s real battle is with the legends that have come before him. I wasn’t going to let it go.
He refused to blame anyone for his fall.
Until that moment, the London Olympics 10,000m and 5000m champion had been in complete command of the race, moving from the back of the field to the front easily in a sign of his incredible combination of stamina and speed. “It is so easy to blame people. You can tell that everyone was giving 100% to get to the finish line first and I could not be prouder right now”.
“I bumped into him”, Rupp said.
“I have worked hard for this”.
“The guys at the front didn’t see me, if they saw me they would have hammered it down”.
Trott, 24, won two gold in London so Saturday’s victory took her to the record three golds for a female British athlete.
Elaine Thompson, another Jamaican, routed the field in 10.71 seconds, with Fraser-Pryce taking bronze in 10.86. “Training not gone as well as I would have liked, but the chest problem that I developed in the course of the race spoiled all our plans”, Kamworor said.
“I just want to continue doing what I enjoy and this is what I enjoy and this is what I am good at, and I really enjoy what I do”. “In 2008 it was my time, 2016 it is her time”.
She was in second place before the final event, the 800m, but despite winning her heat it was not enough to push her to the top of the podium.
“It’s very frustrating. I gave it everything I had in that last round and to take it back, but it just wasn’t to be tonight”. Nafissatou Thiam secured Belgium’s second gold medal of the Games by winning the women’s heptathlon, upsetting defending champion and favorite Jessica Ennis-Hill, reports Xinhua. The silver medal went to South African Luvo Manyonga, whose jump of 8.37m bettered London 2012 champion Greg Rutherford (8.29m), who had to settle for bronze.
“It’s hard for me because I am an honest guy”, he said.
Then, amid the mayhem of tens of thousands of fans shouting in disbelief, Farah’s thoughts turned to his family and how he still needed a gold to keep everyone happy. Not long after, the Ethiopian duo of Yigrem Demelash and Tamirat Tola took over, leading to a wild and futile last mile where the duo unsuccessfully tried to run away from Farah.
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Protesters demonstrating against Brazil’s interim government sought to disrupt the race, running in front of the leaders near the finish before being intercepted by police on motorcycles.
