Mohammed Farah
Summary
Mohammed "Mo" Farah (Somali: Maxamed Mow Faarax, Arabic: محمد فرح) (born 23 March 1983 in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a Somali-born British international track and field athlete. He holds the European track record for 10,000 metres, the British road record for 10,000 metres, the British indoor record in the 3000 metres, the British track record for 5000 metres and the European indoor record for 5000 metres. On 27 July 2010 Farah won Britain's first-ever men's European gold medal at 10,000 m in a time of 28 minutes 24.99 seconds. He followed this with a gold in the 5000 m, becoming the 5th athlete to complete the long-distance double at the championships and the first British man to do so.Originally based in London and running for Newham and Essex Beagles athletics club, Farah won his first major title at the European Junior Championships in 2001.
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BBC Sports Personality of the Year | Review
Just revisiting so many golden moments was pure serotonin as Auntie enjoyed reliving the wonders of the sporting year.
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Mo Farah to take part in Superstars Christmas special
Team GB Olympians will take part in BBC revival of programme which pits competitors from different sports against each other.
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Monkey goes to... the Daily Mirror's Pride of Britain awards
It was star-tastic at Monday night's Daily Mirror Pride of Britain awards, which makes seating arrangements especially difficult for the paper's weekday editor and founder of the awards, Peter Willis. There were royals, country leaders and more Olympians than you could fill a stadium with. Nightmare. Should Prince Charles be seated closer to the stage than David Cameron? Where should Jon Bon Jovi be seated? If Mo Farah was on a top table, should Bradley Wiggins also be seated just inches away from presenter Carole Vorderman? And what about Tom Daley, Rebecca Adlington or Nicola Adams? They were seated three tables from the stage (the same level as Cameron).
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Mo Farah helps Virgin Media to add record cable customers
Virgin Media added a record number of cable customers in the three months to the end of September after running ads starring Olympic gold medallists Mo Farah and Usain Bolt.
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Social media and sport – can brands play the field right?
The Twenty20 World Cup cricket tournament kicked off this week and it will be, by admission of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the “most socially-networked event in the history of cricket”. Given that we’ve just enjoyed a summer of intense sporting activity too, thanks to the Olympic and Paralympic games, it seems hard to remember a time in which social media and sport were not intrinsically linked to one another.
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Big-name brands were the major losers of London 2012 | Mark Perryman
Bad press outweighed the good for the London 2012 sponsors. I could almost feel sorry for all the money they wasted.
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BBC to announce changes to Sports Personality of the Year process
• Nuts and Zoo unlikely to retain shortlist votes• Outcry last year after no women made shortlist.
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Team GB champions prompt an Absolute-ly British day!
The Olympic Victory parade with 700 athletes kicks off today (Sept 10) at 1. 30pm, lead by Team GB champions Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis and Greg Rutherford. To celebrate the mighty success of both teams - who have a combined medal pool of 63 gold, 60 silver and 62 bronze - Absolute Radio are switching to a Team GB guarantee from 10am-5pm.
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Shorter cuts: news doesn't get any smaller
From Michelle Obama's as Rosie the Riveter to The McDonald's ad no one could understand.
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Virgin Media makes tracks to Mo Farah for press ads
Virgin Media has launched a press campaign featuring Mo Farah, the London 2012 double gold medallist, alongside a new TV ad starring established celebrity Usain Bolt.
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