Farah was pushed hard in the 5,000m before he kicked home in the final straight to become the first man since Finnish great Lasse Viren in 1976 to retain two Olympic distance titles.
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“It’s all inspiring, it motivates you.it just carries on the flow and we’re racking up the medals count and we’re not doing too bad – small but mighty”.
A golden night in Rio saw Mo Farah scoop the “double double” as Britain celebrated its biggest Olympic medal haul for more than a century.
“This is one of the best things that has happened in my life”, said the Barcelona star who promptly stepped down as captain.
Gold went to the usa lineup of Courtney Okolo, Natasha Hastings, Phyllis Francis and Allyson Felix – the country’s sixth in a row in the event. The 21-year-old broke his own world record and became the first British man to win a swimming Olympic gold since 1988.
“I may make it look easy, but it’s not as easy as you see it”.
In the men’s 4x400m, former Olympic 400m champion LaShwan Merritt led the U.S. team home with Jamaica finishing in silver and defending champion the Bahamas bronze.
In the night’s other finals, Thomas Rohler of Germany won the javelin and South Africa’s Caster Semenya took the women’s 800 meters in a result that surprised nobody.
While athletics’ governing body the IAAF ruled in 2011 that female athletes whose testosterone levels were above a set level would have to use medication to bring those levels down, that decision was overturned a year ago by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
High jumpers Chaunte Lowe, a mother of three who finally felt ready for her Olympic moment, and Vashti Cunningham, daughter of former National Football League quarterback Randall, finished fourth and 13th in a contest taken by Ruth Beitia of Spain.
Neymar sent Brazil into ecstasy as he clinched Olympic football gold.
– Inbee Park was dominant in women’s golf, finishing five shots clear of Lydia Ko – who ended up with silver.
“Every time you beat someone you’re crushing their dreams, so it’s a tough old process”, – British two-time boxing gold medallist Nicola Adams after her success.
‘It is better than it has ever been before and it is more successful than it has ever been before.
With 22 silver medals to China’s 18, Great Britain hold the tie-breaker and have secured second place in the overall table.
Russian Federation came to Rio under a doping scandal shadow and missing its key track and field stars.
Russian Federation won its first Olympic gold medal in women’s handball, overcoming France 22-19 in a tight, fast-paced final.
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U.S. will be out to win the men’s basketball gold when they face Serbia in the final on Sunday, the last day of the Games that also includes the closing ceremony.
