Britain’s Mo Farah won the men’s 5,000-metre final on Saturday, his second gold medal of the Rio Olympics. He recovered to become the first British track and field athlete to win three Olympic gold medals.
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The Somali-born distance runner has now also played down the possibility of him running the marathon at the Games in four years’ time. “It doesn’t compare to anything else I’ve won in my life”, said Centrowitz.
He said: “I can’t really ask for much more than that in my first major final”. “We have got a massive heritage of sport and I think that gets downplayed or overlooked sometimes”, he said.
Grabbing his latest two medals hanging round his neck, he added: “You can’t replace it”.
“I know my career is short and I try and make the most of it”.
“I want to continue to 2017 on the track and then go on to the road”.
“You ask what more can I do?”
The 33-year-old continued his unprecedented spell of long-distance domination, but he did it the hard way after falling to the track following a trip from training partner Galen Rupp. I’ve been racing for Canada since I was 16, I’ve finished fourth at world juniors, I was ninth a couple years back in the 10,000 meters at the world championships, it has been a steady improvement. I owe it to the people, the public. I wasn’t going to let anyone past me.
Farah is already a CBE following his double gold at London 2012. It’s a different pain and a different challenge. Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Bradley Wiggins, Jason Kenny, Bobby Moore, Fred Perry, Sir Ian Botham, Andy Murray, Lewis Hamilton and plenty of others are also a part of that conversation but Farah has put himself out in front on the track.
“I am away from home for six months of the year and I miss my kids”. The four Olympics golds I have got is dedicated to them. He’s growing up fast. “My feeling is I want to continue to Tokyo but you have to be honest with yourself so I will take it one year at a time”, he told The Guardian.
He added: “To follow on from London 2012 and the home comforts that came with hosting a Games and out-perform ourselves here is a piece of history that the nation can be hugely proud of”.
Gold medallist Britain’s Mo Farah celebrates near the podium for the Men’s 5000m during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 20, 2016.
Dejen Gebremeksel, the Ethiopian silver medallist behind Farah in London four years ago, and Gebrhiwet set out on a fast pace, Farah sat at the end of the strung-out field at the Olympic Stadium in flawless conditions.
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“I was in school at the time”.
