While Usain Bolt said goodbye to the Olympics with a ninth gold medal on Friday night, completing his “triple triple”, this, sealing the “double double”, is set to be Farah’s last track race at a Games.
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Farah added a second gold medal to his 10,000m Rio Olympics triumph on a day when British athletes also won two other gold medals. “But the Army has taught me to be mentally and physically tough”.
“I thought it was a joke”. I just had to be alert. “I just want to go home now and see my lovely kids and hang my medals around their necks”.
Farah already won the 10,000-meter race in Rio to go along with his two gold medals from the same events in London four years ago.
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This is the most satisfying win of the four, it is incredible..
The champion athlete, who has become the second person to ever win gold in both races, looked visibly emotional after crossing the finishing line in the the 5,000m race, and greeted his family in the crowd in a sweet moment.
Bronze medallist Gebrhiwet was full of praise for Farah: “Our strategy was to go fast and drop Mo Farah”.
On a sparkling final night of athletics, Matthew Centrowitz won a shock 1,500m gold for the United States, its first in the event since 1908.
“If they tell me, ‘Hey man, we gave it to you by accident, ‘ I’m going to (give) it back”, Lagat said. He has lost just one 5,000-meter race since 2011, when he moved to Oregon to work with coach Alberto Salazar: the 2013 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, which he ran while battling a stomach virus.
A DAY after writing another chapter in his fantastic life story with a victory in the 5,000 metres that brought him a fourth Olympic medal, Mo Farah confirmed yesterday he would end his track career at the world championships in London next year before turning his attentions to the road. “That’s what drives me and that’s why I’ve become successful and win medals. They had a plan, they wanted to take the sting out of me but when I hit the front, I wasn’t letting anyone past me”, added the runner.
“I have fulfilled my dream and to have fulfilled it in my home country makes me very proud”, – Neymar thrilled to deliver Brazil their first Olympic football gold.
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Three competitors, including second-place finisher Chelimo, were initially disqualified. You’ve got to do your homework and that’s what I’ve done over the years. “I just want to see my kids and hang this medal around their necks”. “I’ve not really had a bad race or session, so I’ll take that as a good year”.
