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Mo Farah Wins Gold In 5000m, Completes Rare Olympic Double

Mo Farah has won the gold medal in the men's 5000 meters, becoming the first to do so on home soil, giving Great Britain its marquee moment from the Olympic track at the London Games. Farah, a week after winning the 10,000m, crossed the finish line Saturday night in 13:41.66, becoming just the sixth athlete ever to accomplish the rare double. He's also the first British runner to win gold in either of the distance events.Ethiopia's Dejen Gebremeskel won silver, just 0.32 seconds behind Farah, and Kenya's Thomas Longosiwa took bronze.American Bernard Lagat was fourth, missing a medal by only 0.63 seconds. Galen Rupp finished in seventh place, and Team USA's third competitor, Lopez Lomong, was 10th.Much like the 10,000m, the race got off to a slow pace, running the first 200m in a pedestrian in 35 seconds, and the first 400m in 71 seconds. The race was so slow, in fact, it broke records -- a 2:55 opening 1000m marked the second-slowest since 1972, and the opening 2000m, run in 5:56, was ...

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