World Athletics Championships: Mo Farah wins gold in the 10,000 metres

Front runner: Farah wins with time of 27 minutes 01.13 seconds
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Guy Aspin|Simon Peach22 August 2015

Mo Farah put a summer of speculation behind him to make it half a dozen global titles as he again proved unbeatable over 10,000 metres at the World Championships in Beijing.

Farah was ruthlessly focused amid all the off-track distractions as he burst away from the twin Kenyan challenge of Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor and Paul Tanui down the home straight.

The 32-year-old has endured a tumultuous year, caught up in the doping allegations surrounding his coach Alberto Salazar, but has not lost his aura of invincibility on it as he came home in 27 minutes 01.13 seconds.

FARAH'S YEAR SO FAR

FEBRUARY

Gets involved in a Twitter spat with Great Britain team-mate Andy Vernon, who critices the quality of the field he will face at the Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham. Farah responds by branding Vernon "an embarrassment".

Claims Vernon questioned his nationality after the pair won gold and silver over 10,000m at the previous summer's European Championships. Vernon denies the accusations.

Breaks the indoor two-mile world record in Birmingham with a time of eight minutes 03.40 seconds.

MARCH

Breaks the European half-marathon record in Lisbon, running 59mins 32secs.

JUNE

BBC's Panorama programme broadcasts allegations his coach Alberto Salazar violated anti-doping rules. Farah himself is not accused of any wrongdoing, but says his name has been dragged through the mud.

Pulls out of the Birmingham Grand Prix

It is revealed Farah missed two drug tests in the two years leading up to London 2012.

JULY

Makes a winning return to the track, storming to an impressive victory over 5,000m in Lausanne. But after the race Vernon accuses Farah of snubbing his handshake and swearing at him.

Finishes fourth over 1500m in Monaco

Receives a warm reception on his return to the Olympic Stadium for the Anniversary Games and wins over 3,000m.

Is questioned by a United States Anti-Doping Agency investigator over the allegations against Salazar.

Is cleared by a UK Athletics investigation into the allegations against Salazar.

AUGUST

Wins gold over 10,000m at the World Championships in Beijing, the sixth global title of his career.

The double Olympic champion, back at the Bird's Nest stadium, the scene of the biggest disappointment of his career when he failed to make the final of the 2008 Olympics, has now not lost at an Olympics or World Championships since 2011.

Farah was in a pack of five well clear of the field for most of the race, also including American Galen Rupp, his training partner at the Nike Oregon Project in Portland, and, ominously, three Kenyan team-mates.

Farah kicked to the front with a lap to go and, although the Kenyans tried to respond, they simply could not match his finishing speed as the Briton came home with more than half a second to spare.

The double Olympic champion has admitted his name has been dragged through the mud over his links to Salazar, although he himself has been accused of no wrongdoing and his coach has denied the allegations against him, and this win was the ideal way to answer his critics.

"I want to keep doing what I'm doing and serve my country and win as many medals as I can," Farah told the BBC.

"I want to be remembered as someone who did something for their country.

"It's been good to have so many people behind me on Instagram and Twitter, sending me messages.

"It's a great atmosphere. It's important I started the team well. I'm one of the oldest. So hopefully people look at that and say 'I can do it'."

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