August 11, 2012
Ethiopian Athletes Competing Today
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LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 Daily Update
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Athlete Dejen Gebremeskel finished 2nd on Men's 5000 meters
Seven days after claiming Britain's third gold in the space of 45 minutes on 'Super Saturday' in the 10,000m, Farah produced another brilliant performance to complete the long-distance double.
Roared on by a capacity 80,000-strong crowd, Farah hit the front with 700m remaining and was never headed, covering the last lap in under 53 seconds to hold off Ethiopia's Dejen Gebremeskel to win in 13:41.66. Thomas Longosiwa of Kenya claimed bronze.
Gebremeskel's Silver put Ethiopia on 25th for medal count rank. Ethiopians won 3 Gold , 1 Silver and 3 Bronze at this moment.
Athlete Hagos Gebrehiwot and Yenew Alamirew finished the race at 11th and 12th.
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Just five men in Olympic history had previously taken the 5000m and 10,000m titles at the same Games - Emil Zatopek of the old Czechoslovakia in 1952, Vladimir Kuts of the USSR in 1956, Finland's Lasse Viren in 1972 and 1976, Miruts Yifter of Ethiopia in 1980 and Kenenisa Bekele at Beijing 2008.
Farah's victory also meant Britain have won four track and field gold medals for only the third time since the Second World War, matching the haul from Tokyo 1964 and Moscow 1980.
After the race, Farah said simply: 'Its unbelievable.
'I am just amazed - two gold medals, who would have thought that?
'It's been a long journey grafting and grafting, but anything is possible.'
Roared on by a capacity 80,000-strong crowd, Farah hit the front with 700m remaining and was never headed, covering the last lap in under 53 seconds to hold off Ethiopia's Dejen Gebremeskel to win in 13:41.66. Thomas Longosiwa of Kenya claimed bronze.
Gebremeskel's Silver put Ethiopia on 25th for medal count rank. Ethiopians won 3 Gold , 1 Silver and 3 Bronze at this moment.
Athlete Hagos Gebrehiwot and Yenew Alamirew finished the race at 11th and 12th.
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Just five men in Olympic history had previously taken the 5000m and 10,000m titles at the same Games - Emil Zatopek of the old Czechoslovakia in 1952, Vladimir Kuts of the USSR in 1956, Finland's Lasse Viren in 1972 and 1976, Miruts Yifter of Ethiopia in 1980 and Kenenisa Bekele at Beijing 2008.
Farah's victory also meant Britain have won four track and field gold medals for only the third time since the Second World War, matching the haul from Tokyo 1964 and Moscow 1980.
After the race, Farah said simply: 'Its unbelievable.
'I am just amazed - two gold medals, who would have thought that?
'It's been a long journey grafting and grafting, but anything is possible.'
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