- Mo Farah crossed the line in a time of 13min 50.38sec ahead of Kenya's Caleb Ndiku at Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium
- Farah won the 10,000m title earlier in this year's World Championship to complete another double success
- Brit's achievements adds to his London 2012 Olympics and Moscow 2013 World Championship gold feats
- Fellow British athlete Tom Farrell finished last in a time of 14:08.87 in Beijing
Before
the race they called him 'beatable' but Mo Farah's rivals were forced
to accept that in this shape he is simply unstoppable as the Britain
achieved an unprecedented 'triple double' with victory in the 5,000m.
The
32-year-old, who did the distance double of 5,000m and 10,000m titles
at the London Olympics in 2012 and in Moscow in 2013 is the first man to
then go onto defend his titles at another World Championships.
The
Bird's Nest stadium was a cacophony of noise as Farah overtook Caleb
Ndiku round the final bend and put his foot on the gas to accelerate to
his second World title in eight days, after winning 10,000m gold last
Saturday.
Mo Farah won the 5,000m World Championship in Beijing on Saturday to add to his 10,000m triumph
The Brit kisses the Beijing Bird's Nest track after crossing the line to win his third world title at this distance
Farah sucks his thumb in celebration after another stunning performance in China - with the Brit set to have another child soon
The realisation of his amazing feat dawned upon Farah shortly after the race as he laid down to take in the moment
Farah jumps for joy during his lap of
honour with the Union Flag as he was applauded by all of those inside
the Bird's Nest Stadium
Farah even managed to take a selfie with some lucky British fans who flew to Beijing to support the athlete and his team-mates
He
crossed the line arms outstretched and mouth open in 13min 50.38sec,
with silver medallist Ndiku trailing in 13:51.75. Ethiopia's Hagos
Gebrhiwet clinched bronze in 13:51.86.
Kenya's
Ndiku, who won the Commonwealth Games 5,000m last summer in Farah's
absence, had warned that he and his compatriots had 'something planned'
for Farah. If they did it was very poorly conceived – with the slow pace
in the early stages playing into the hands of Farah, who had the best
kick of anyone in the race.
The
race began very cagey, with a 73-second first lap. It was so tortuously
slow that Farah could comfortably swing out wide to a drinks station
three and a half minutes in. Farah remained at the back until there were
seven laps remaining when her went to the front and was joined by
Ethiopia's Imane Merga and his Nike Oregon Project training partner
Galen Rupp.
MO FARAH GOING THE EXTRA YARD FOR SUCCESS IN BEIJING'S BIRD'S NEST STADIUM...
Mo
Farah's incredible success on Saturday was made all the harder as he
was forced to run to the outside lane of the Bird's Nest Stadium to grab
a cup of water during the race. The incident occurred during the
beginning part of the men's 5,000m event where race officials were
stationed to the outer reaches of the track to give athletes as much
space as possible. But upon Farah exerting more energy than he would
have liked to take on some more fluids, the race officials positioned
themselves closer to the athletes for the remaining laps around the
track.
Farah (left) was forced to run to the
outskirts of the track to take on some fluids during the opening part of
the men's 5,000m final
However, shortly after Farah's
unnecessary excursion race officials moved the drinks table further
inside the track to aid athletes
Ndiku
took the lead with two laps to go. They were shoulder to shoulder with
just over a lap to run but he ran out of gas as Farah flew past. The
1:48.6 the Briton ran for the last 800m was equal to his two lap
personal best set in 2003.
Farah
said his body felt even more worn than usual after the 10,000m because
of the hard Mondo track surface in the Bird's Nest which has helped
produce so many quick times but takes its toll on the joints. On the
flip side a kinder schedule meant he had an extra rest day between the
finals to recover.
He showed no ill effects as he equalled the five world championships gold medals won by Ethiopian great Kenenisa Bekele.
It
was the first time Britain had two men in a 5,000m World final since
1991, with Tom Farrell joining Farah but Farrell, who led for much of
the race finished last in 14:08.87.
Farah crossed the line in a time of 13min 50.38sec ahead of Kenya's Caleb Ndiku during Saturday's event
Farah (right) had a tough fight on his
hands against Ndiku who led going around the final bend - before the
Brit's class proved too good
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