Britain's Mohamed Farah (front) celebrates after crossing the finish line during the men's 5000m final of Athletcis at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 20, 2016. Mohamed Farah won the gold medal. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Britain's Mo Farah claimed his second gold medal of the Rio Olympics by winning the 5,000m title here on Saturday.
The 33 year-old finished in 13 minutes 3.30 seconds to beat Hagos Gebrhiwet of Ethiopia by just over a second.
Bernard Lagat of the United States took bronze in a season best of 13:06.78.
Farah is only the second man to win the 5,000m and 10,000m at the same Games after Finland's Lasse Viren, who achieved the feat in 1972 and 1976.
