Mo Farah's career in numbers

Mo Farah has added another gold medal to his collection by winning the 10,000m at the world athletics championships, here's the Briton's career in numbers.

MO FARAH'S CAREER IN NUMBERS

2 - Farah won an Olympic "double-double", with gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games.

3 - He is going for the "triple-double" in world championships. He won 5,000 and 10,000 gold in 2013 and 2015. He is halfway there in London.

6 - only six athletes -- Emil Zatopek, Vladimir Kuts, Lasse Viren, Miruts Yifter, Kenenise Bekele and Farah -- have won the distance double in a single Olympics. Viren is the only other man to do so twice, in 1972 and 1976, while Zatopek added the marathon for a unique treble in 1952.

10 - successive wins for Farah in global finals.

12:53.11 - Farah's national record for the 5,000m.

26:46.57 - his 10,000m personal best, a European record.

3 - he has won three successive Great North Runs.


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