Farah wins with a swagger on another ‘Super Saturday’
Monday, 29 July 2013 00:00
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Reuters: Mo Farah roared home by a cacophony of ear-splitting noise that almost matched his double Olympic London triumph, led another ‘Super Saturday’ for Britain as memories were reignited in a party atmosphere at the Anniversary Games.
On that memorable previous Saturday Farah, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford won track and field gold for the hosts in the Olympic stadium.
A year to the day from the opening ceremony that heralded a hugely successful Olympics for the host nation, Farah breezed to a facile 3,000 metres victory that primed him for a tilt at the 5,000 and 10,000m double at the world championships in Moscow next month.
Christine Ohuruogo, in the 400, and Katerina Johnson-Thompson in the long jump added eagerly-received victories to complete a British treble on the second day of the Diamond League meeting.
Like sprinting great Usain Bolt, who anchored his Jamaican team to victory in the 4x100m relay on Saturday following his individual win on Friday night, Farah has become one of the sport’s showmen.
His infectious smile, talent and crowd-pleasing ‘Mobot’ celebration help to dispel some of the dark clouds hanging over the sport following recent doping revelations surrounding some of track and field’s biggest names.
“I wanted to make them (the fans) proud. I’m in great shape so it’s going well for Moscow,” Farah said.
The 30-year-old, who delivered his now-trademark scorching last lap en route to a personal best 7:36.85, was one of a number of gold medallists to again show their liking for the Olympic stadium.
