Britain’s Mo Farah (2ndL) competes in the Men’s 10,000m during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 13, 2016.
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Mo Farah sprinted his way into history on Saturday as he became the first British to bring three Olympic golds in track and field races home. Farah claimed his second Olympic 10,000-meter championship in 27:05.17, Paul Tanui, of Kenya, claimed silver, and Tamirat Tola, from Ethiopia, took bronze.
Mo Farah of Great Britain tripped in the Olympic 10,000-meter final Saturday night but bounced back up to defend his title. “I got emotional because you put so much work in and in one moment it’s gone”, said Farah, who added his daughter was also in his thoughts after falling. Like the line in many songs go, “When you fall just get back up again” this had to be in Mo Farah’s mind.
“When I fell down, for a moment I thought my race was over, my dream was over but then I managed to dig deep”.
After five laps, he finally eased his way off the back, and nearly straight to the front: just as well, with 17 of the 25 laps to go, the first serious move was made, Tola hitting the front with some serious conviction, with just moving through the gears, until – bang! For his part, Rupp mostly stuck right with Farah, and I believe I even detected some coordinating gestures between the two.
Farah’s blistering final lap ensured he became the first British runner to win three Olympic titles and he is now the favourite to add a fourth in the 5,000m next weekend.
Trott, and team mates Joanna Rowsell Shand, Katie Archibald and Elinor Barker, won a gold medal in the women’s team pursuit, beating the U.S. with a world record time of 4 minutes, 10.26 seconds.
“I was not going to let it go”.
Cyclist Becky James won silver in the velodrome, saying afterwards that she “was so desperate for that medal”.
Farah is also favoured to win the 5,000-metres next weekend, an event he also won in London 2012.
“It’s congratulations not commiserations”, she said “I’m pretty emotional, but these are happy tears and I’m really proud to be back on the podium, it’s been so tough”.
“The guys definitely pushed me today, and with the fall it is definitely up there. I felt it in me, it was growing inside”, Manyonga said.
“I didn’t know what some of the others could do so I just wanted to make sure I had something at the end”.
Jeff Henderson of the US overtook Luvo Manyonga of South Africa on his last jump to win the Olympic long jump gold medal Saturday.
The defending champion and two-time world champion over 10,000 meters was the clear favorite.
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“I told him to get behind me after that and I’d help lead him back up”, Rupp said.
