Sir Mo Farah brought his International track career to an end on Saturday August 12th 2017,
at the London Olympic Stadium, with a silver medal in the men's 5,000 metres final. Not the
ending he and millions had hoped for but none the less a fabulous moment as Great Britain's
most successful athlete. Mo's expression contrasts to that of Muktar !
Every one of the finallists ran quicker in the rain drenched heats than Edris's winning time
in the final.
Mo's Gold medals.
Four Olympic Gold medals.
Six World Championship Gold medals.
Four European Championship Golds medals
2017 World Athletics Championship London.
Men's 5,000 metres final.
| 1. |
EDRIS |
Muktar |
Ethiopia (ETH)
|
13:32.79 |
|
| 2. |
FARAH |
Mo |
Great Britain (GBR) |
13:33.22 |
|
| 3. |
CHELIMO |
Paul
|
United States (USA) |
13:33.30 |
|
| 4. |
KEJELCHA |
Yomif
|
Ethiopia (ETH) |
13:33.51 |
|
| 5. |
BAREGA |
Selemon
|
Ethiopia (ETH)
|
13:35.34 |
|
| 6. |
AHMED |
Mohammed
|
Canada (CAN) |
13:35.43 |
|
| 7. |
KIFLE |
Aron |
Eritrea (ERI) |
13:36.91 |
|
| 8. |
BUTCHART |
Andrew |
Great Britain (GBR) |
13:38.73 |
|
Mo leads the final at the "Bell".
Below Mo and Muktar match each other in their heat.
On October 7th. 2018 Mo won the Chicago marathon in a new European record time
of 2:11.05, on only his third race over the distance. At the time he was still the
European record holder for the 1,500 metres !
He ran it on 19th. July 2013 in Monaco 3:28.81.
On 4th. September 2020, Farah set a new World record for the one hour run at the
Diamond League meeting in Brussels, Belgium, covering 21,330 metres (13.25 miles),
breaking Haile Gebrselassie's record of 21,285 metres set at Ostrava, Czech Republic
on 27th. June, 2007. It was Mo's first and only World record.