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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