Great Britain's Mohamed Farah wins double gold after 5000m victory

Published August 11th, 2012 - 09:22 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Mo Farah of Britain won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the 5,000-meter run, his second long-distance running victory at the London Games.

Farah had previously captured the 10,000-meter event at these Olympics.

Dejen Gebremeskel of Ethiopia won the silver medal and the bronze went to Thomas Longosiwa of Kenya.

American Bernard Lagat finished fourth.