Mo Farah defends 10,000m Olympic title in style

Great Britain's Mo Farah joined the greats in history of distance running after he successfully defended his Olympic 10,000m title in Rio on Saturday.

Despite a fall early in the race Mo Farah was able to recover and win the men's 10,000m in 27.05.17 and become the 5th man in history to successfully defend 10,000m Olympic crown.

Kenya's Paul Tanui won silver with a time of 27:05.64, while Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola took bronze in 27:06.26.

Farah is also became first British athlete to win three Olympic gold medals. 

"I've won an Olympic gold for three of my children," Farah told BBC. "Now I'd like to win the 5,000m gold for my little boy." he added. 

Men's 10000m top results | See full men's 10,000m results here>>

POS	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK
1	Mohamed FARAH	GBR	27:05.17
2	Paul Kipngetich TANUI	KEN	27:05.64	SB
3	Tamirat TOLA	ETH	27:06.26
4	Yigrem DEMELASH	ETH	27:06.27
5	Galen RUPP	USA	27:08.92	SB
6	Joshua Kiprui CHEPTEGEI	UGA	27:10.06	PB
7	Bedan Karoki MUCHIRI	KEN	27:22.93
8	Zersenay TADESE	ERI	27:23.86
9	Nguse AMLOSOM	ERI	27:30.79	SB
10	Abraham Naibei CHEROBEN	BRN	27:31.86	PB