Mo Farah Wins Gold Medal During Men's 5,000M at 2016 Olympics

Great Britain's Mo Farah won a fourth Olympic gold medal, as he successfully defended his 5,000-metre title on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Stadium, just a week on from doing the same in the 10,000.

Widely tipped to defend the title he claimed at London 2012, Farah, 33, bested USA's Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo to win the gold medal, as shown by NBC Olympics: 

Medal	Athlete	Country	Time
Gold	Mo Farah	Great Britain	13:03.30
Silver	Hagos Gebrhiwet	Ethiopia	13:04.35
Bronze	Bernard Lagat	United States	13:06.78

Chelimo, though, was disqualified from his silver medal, according to the NBC telecast.

After the first 400 meters, Farah was in the back of the pack, waiting to see the kind of pace the leaders set. By the 800-meter mark, he easily moved his way to the middle of the pack. Midway through the race, the pace slowed, but Farah was in seventh.

But toward the end of that sixth lap, Farah hit the outside and roared up to second; he then took the lead midway through the seventh lap. It gave him the opportunity to control the pace, as the pursuing runners were hesitant to make a move behind him.

On the final lap, Chelimo attempted to make it a sprint for gold, but Farah possessed the gears needed to hold him off. 

Farah cemented his place as a track distance legend at London 2012, as he won gold medals in both the 5,000 and 10,000. He becomes the second man ever to win both of those races at consecutive Olympics, joining Finland's Lasse Viren in 1972 and 1976, via ESPN Stats & Info. 

He repeated the feat at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow and again two years later at the same event in Beijing.

In his final 5,000-metre race ahead of Rio 2016, he set the year's fastest time (12 minutes, 59.29 seconds) to claim victory at the Anniversary Games in London last month, per BBC Sport.

Unquestionably the pre-Games favourite, Farah laid down the gauntlet ahead of Rio by saying he was "better" than he was four years ago, per Ben Bloom of the Telegraph.

And so it proved, as Farah stormed home ahead of the chasing pack to claim his second Olympic gold medal in the 5,000.