• Farah: ‘It was also one of the toughest races of my life’ • ‘There is no place like London, there’s no place like home’Mo Farah produced the greatest performance of his career to capture his 10th world championship gold medal – and send a packed crowd at the London Stadium into rapture. I can’t, I can’t, I can’t.’”At some point, halfway through the race, Farah admitted he was clinging on. This is tough.’” The race was also wild and stormy, and several times Farah was spiked by his opponents’ shoes and nearly stumbled on the last lap. “I knew at 12 laps to go when they went hard from there it was going to be tough. Afterwards Cheptegei also paid tribute to Farah but said he would try again to beat him in the 5,000m.

Source: The Guardian August 04, 2017 23:03 UTC