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Mo Farah still seeing double after losing his feet and stumbling once again

Team GB ace keeps 5,000m hopes in his grasp in bid to land two Olympic golds for second Games running

MO FARAH survived another trip to secure his spot in the 5,000 metres final — and keep his double-double dream alive.

The Brit fell to the ground in the 10,000m showdown on Saturday, only to recover and hold on to his Olympic title.

American Hassan Mead gets too close to Mo Farah
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American Hassan Mead gets far too close to Mo FarahCredit: Reuters
Farah stumbles but just manages to keep his feet
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Farah stumbles but just manages to keep his feetCredit: Reuters
Instead it's Mead who can only watch as Farah recovers his composure
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Instead it's Mead who can only watch as Farah recovers his composureCredit: Reuters
Its the end of the road for Mead
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The end of the road for Mead as Farah disappears into the distanceCredit: Reuters

And when Farah began his 5,000m campaign in the heats yesterday, he was clipped by American Hassan Mead with just 200m to go — but managed to stay on his feet as his rival then came off worse, hitting the track himself.
Farah recovered to finish third in 13min 25.25sec behind Ethiopia’s Hagos Gebrhiwet, with Albert Rop of Bahrain coming second.
And Farah, 33, said: “I’ve got such a long stride, so I find it hard, getting tripped up or tangled with someone.

“I always seem to get tangled up somehow, but I managed to stay on my feet.

“You’ve got to get through the rounds. No one’s going to give it you and get you to the final.
“I think it’s a wake-up call now to say, ‘Look, the job isn’t done yet’.

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“It’s quite nerve-racking getting back after the 10,000m you know. Just getting back into the zone again.
“You take yourself away from it a bit and that is what I did, as soon as I won on Saturday. Just the normal stuff you go through and the emotion.

"You go through a lot. I had to recover, lock myself in a room and just get ready for this race. I was a little bit tired today. It’s obviously because of having run the 10,000m.
“I was on the edge and nothing could get in my way. Two golds here is possible but these guys are ready for me.

Britain's Mo Farah, right, competes in a men's 5000-meter heat
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After all the fuss Farah avoided further trouble and finished third in his heatCredit: AP:Associated Press
Mo Farah of Britain competes during the men's 5000m heats
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Now Mo can concentrate on the double-doubleCredit: EPA

“So I just have to get myself back in that frame of mind and get ready for it. I’m still hungry.”
Farah is now bidding to become only the second man in history after Finn Lasse Viren in 1976 to retain two Olympic distance titles when he goes for the 5,000m crown late on Saturday night.
Astonishingly, no Kenyans qualified, with the focus now on Farah’s two chief rivals, Ethiopia’s Muktar Edris and Dejen Gebremeskel, who cruised through the faster second heat.
The pair will be fresher for the final, without a 10,000m race in their legs, and are out to deny Farah his double-double.

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