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Mohamed Farah poised for knighthood after double gold.

Postby ZubeirAwal » Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:02 pm

Sir Mo? Yeah right! Farah tipped for knighthood after double gold triumph



By JONATHAN MCEVOY

In a leafy street in Portland, Oregon, is Mo Farah's home. On the dining-room wall are his trophies. And on that wall, next to a signed Arsenal shirt, is space for a couple of medals.
It is where the gold bullion that he won over two of the most memorable nights in British athletics history will reside when the Somalia-born, London-raised runner returns to the place across the Pond that shaped him for greatness.
He already had two European golds when he took the defining decision of his career, namely to go to the States to work with Alberto Salazar, the three-time New York Marathon winner and maverick coach supreme.


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Yea right! Mo Farah has been tipped for a knighthood after his double gold at the London Games


Would the gamble pay off? Would Farah's family settle? The definitive answer came on Saturday night when he won the Olympic 5,000 metres to go with the 10,000m title he had won on the previous Super Saturday.
'It was awesome,' he said. 'I just can't believe it. Double Olympic champion. You do have a dream as an athlete.
You dream of becoming Olympic champion but then to do it twice, in your home town, words can't describe it.'
Lord Coe, chairman of the London Organising Committee, did manage to find the right words, saying: 'He will go down indelibly in British track and field as probably the greatest athlete we have produced.'
It is understood that Farah's feats will win him a knighthood, along with two other of the Games' high achievers: four-time gold medallists sailor Ben Ainslie and Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins.
I asked Farah on Sunday what a sword's touch would mean to him. His face immediately broke into the widest of the many wide smiles he wore on Sunday.
'Yeah right,' he said. 'I don't know about a knighthood. I've never thought of it. It would be something amazing if that did happen.'
Just as amazing, possibly, as what most certainly did happen.


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Farah is also a contender for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year


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Only six men had ever achieved what he accomplished here, the 5,000m and 10,000 double: the flying Finn Hannes Kolehmainen, Czech Emil Zato-pek, Soviet fighter Vladimir Kuts, the immortal Finn Lasse Viren (who did the double twice), Ethiopia's Miruts Yifter and his compatriot Kenenisa Bekele.
Farah delivered a run of perfect judgment in what was for a long part a pedestrian race. It ended with scorching pace.
He went through the l ine in a way reminiscent of Coe winning the 1500m at Moscow 32 years previously -arms outstretched, his mouth manically wide and his eyes popping out of his head. His antics only got better.
He took Usain Bolt's lead and, where the Jamaican had done some press-up, he did sit-ups. Both men were on the track for their respective medal ceremonies, Bolt for the 4x100m relay.
They swapped their trademark celebration: Bolt did Farah's Mobot, putting his hands to the top middle of his head to make an 'm' with his elbows, and Farah mimicked Bolt's lightning strike pose. All very amusing.
'I can't believe he did the Mobot when he was breaking the world record,' said Farah, 29, who must be the chief challenger to Wiggins for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
'Usain and I get on really well. He's a busy guy but I always talk to him when I see him. We have a good relationship. My daughter Rhianna loves him and when he came over that made her day.


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At No 10: Farah performed his trademark Mobot celebration alongside prime minister David Cameron



'He gave her a hug and she took a picture with him. She was like, "Bolt! Bolt! Bolt!" She was more bothered about Bolt than my medals.'
But back to Salazar, a Cuban who insists on a massive work ethic but marries that philosophy to space-age technology. Farah admits that when he moved over to the States he 'ran like a girl'.
He said: 'I mean that in terms of not moving my arms and, when I'm tired, being all over the place. So I trained my core, did weights, ran on the underwater treadmill.'
He won the world 5,000m title last year under Salazar's tutelage. 'It turned out to be a genius move,' he added. 'There were a lot of questions asked at the time because I came back double European champion and people were like, "Mo, why you changing it when everything's going so well?"


'But I was coming sixth, seventh in world events. If I hadn't made that change I wouldn't be here today. Everyone was there in the last lap, you saw it, and it's the extra one or two per cent that counts. I've always had it; I just haven't been able to finish as strong.'
Still, Farah is looking to the future, personally and professionally. He and wife Tanya have twins on the way. 'Apparently they've got long legs,' he said.
'We went for a scan. Their dad's got long legs and so have they. They could follow me into running.' The marathon, possibly London next year, awaits, and it could earn him £500,000 if he wins. Before then he would like a nice car to celebrate.
'A Jaguar maybe? A Ferrari?' He was asked how he can be a legend, as if he is not one already.
More medals, more records, more distances, he said. The Mobot keeps on going. For us, though, there is time to reflect on Farah's contribution to London 2012 and what many observers believe was the greatest track meeting ever staged.

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Re: Mohamed Farah poised for knighthood after double gold.

Postby Khalid Ali » Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:10 pm

Well done Sir Mohammad farah
Queen Lizzy ba seefta garbaha ka saaraysa :lol:

We are proud of you

There was a big screen in down town hargeysa yesterday and every one was watching all the qaadwales sariflayal the police offciers even the glue sniffers of Hargeysa were screaming their longs out after he finished they did some fire work :lol: reer hargeysa are nuts :lol: i also heard that President Siilaanyo and xirsi toorile were watching at madaxtooyada at least thats what they told us today all in all it was historic double gold well done a real example for the Somali athletes i wonder why not more Somalis do long disstant running its seems they can be pretty good.we love watching football but its not really our thing :lol:

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Re: Mohamed Farah poised for knighthood after double gold.

Postby ZubeirAwal » Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:14 pm

Wallahi niyo i think the next olympics will have alot of somali distant runners, its strange how after all these years the kenyatis and xabashis were dominating the scene but when a somali steps in he destroys them with ease.

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Re: Mohamed Farah poised for knighthood after double gold.

Postby original dervish » Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:23 pm

The mans a living ledgend and deserves all the acclaim he`s getting. Well done Mo :up:
In order to be knighted one must make suju before the queen, who touches both shoulders with a sword.
Would that be permitted in Islam?


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