A time of 27:05.17 saw the 33-year-old win his third Olympic gold medal and successfully defend his 10000m win from the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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He can replicate his double success of London 2012 when he competes in the 5,000m later this week.
Farah has three Olympic gold medals from two Olympics and is preparing for the defense of his 5,000 title next week.
During his race, Farah was tripped by his American training partner Galen Rupp during the 10th lap of the 25-lap race – but he quickly got up and signalled all was okay with a thumbs-up.
Farah victory also fulfilled a promise to his daughter, who asked her father to win a gold medal for her. Farah already has plenty of gold to go around.
2015 World Championship bronze medalist Paul Tanui looked as if he could be a factor, whilst the likes of Bedan Muchiri and Yigrem Demelash were also fancied to contend for medals.
Farah was the favorite to repeat in the 10,000 metres, having not lost a major race since taking silver in the 10,000 at the 2011 worlds.
Once again Farah relied on his finishing kick to out-sprint Tanui and crossed the line with his hands placed on top of his head in his signature “Mobot” pose.
However, heading into the last lap Farah was overtaken by Kenya’s Paul Tanui.
He described Farah’s win as “simply wonderful”, according to BBC, conceding Farah had gone to a place no other British athlete had been able to go to.
He said his first thought after tumbling to the ground was that he had promised Rihanna he would win the medal. Manyonga won silver and Greg Rutherford, the defending champion, won bronze as the U.S.’s Jarrion Lawson took fourth.
Tanui was happy with his performance, which he achieved in a season best of 27:05.64, but said a slow start to the race is what cost him the gold medal.
The women’s 10,000m final was contested Friday.
“I think I am more of a guy that wins medals rather than run fast times”.
And they never got going in the decider as the Polish combination closed the match out 21-9.
Henderson and Rutherford put themselves ahead of the pack early in the competition, both jumping more than eight metres on their first attempts.
“I knew I had something big in me”.
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“I feel like I’m in shape to jump far, and it’s frustrating when you come out of something and you don’t feel you’ve done yourself justice”. But I’ve still got years left and I just need to take this and turn it into something positive in the relay.
