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Mo Farah wins a gold medal in 5000m. The Brit clocked 13:41.66 and finished ahead of Ethiopia's Dejen Gebremeskel (13:41.98) in second and Kenya's Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa (13:42.36) in third.
Mo Farah has now joined a select group of athletes who won gold both in the 10000m and 5000m race at the same Olympics:
2008 - Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia)
1980 - Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia)
1972 & 1976 - Lasse Viren (Finland)
1956 - Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union)
1952 - Emil Zatopek (Czechoslovakia)
1912 - Hannes Kolehmainen (Finland)
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