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LONDON – (August 11, 2012) – With a win in Saturday’s Olympic 5000 meters, Mo Farah of Great Britain stole the show with the 5000 / 10,000m double victory, while a quick-closing Bernard Lagat (Tucson, Ariz.) was tripped up in his attempt to win his third career Olympic medal. Regaining his composure in the last 20 meters, Lagat moved into fourth to finish in 13:42.99 with gold medalist Farah producing a 3:59 last mile and a final clocking of 13:41.66 to an ecstatic Olympic Stadium crowd of 80,000.
“I was very confident. I was just trying to go as I hard as I could. It would have been better to have been on the podium. The fourth spot is tough, but I have been the most blessed person in my career,” said Lagat, 37, who is also a multi-World Championships medalist.
The 3.1 mile race unfolded with a slow opening 3000 meters that found Lopez Lomong(Beaverton, Ore.) leading a loping pack. The pace began to pick up when eventual silver medalist Dejen Gebremeskel of Ethiopia moved into the lead. Despite the faster pace, the pack remained dense and congested.
Twice a medalist at 1500m (Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004), Lagat came off the curve positioned fifth, and while he managed to stayed upright, the clip with Kenyan Isiah Koech tripped up Lagat long enough to keep him out of the medals. Lagat regained his composure in the final meters of the race to move into fourth. Galen Rupp (Portland, Ore.) moved into the lead 600 meters out, but was unable to answer as Farah and the rest of the pack pulled ahead, leaving the 2012 Olympic 10,000m silver medalist seventh in 13:45.04. Lomong finished 10th in 13:48.19.
Olympic Games
London, GBR, Saturday, August 11, 2012
Men’s 5000m
1) Mo Farah (GBR), 13:41.66, Gold
2) Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH), 13:41.98, Silver
3) Thomas Longosiwa (KEN), 13:42.36, Bronze
4) Bernard Lagat (USA), 13:42.99
5) Isiah Koech (KEN), 13:43.83
6) Abdalaati Iguider (MAR), 13:44.19
7) Galen Rupp (USA), 13:45.04
8) Juan Luis Barrios (MEX), 13:45.30
9) Hayle Ibrahimov (AZE), 13:45.37
10) Lopez Lomong (USA), 13:48.19
Full results and more at: www.iaaf.org/mini/oly12/Results/ResultsByDate.aspx
Team USA produces impressive London 2012 Olympic Games
With its medal tally of 29 medals in London, Team USA scored its biggest Olympic medal collection since the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona – a Games held in the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Bloc.
2012 was an Olympics of historic significance for the U.S. team. It dominated track & field competition, in medals and points scoring, with USA, Russia and Jamaica going 1-2-3 in both measures. In medal tally, Team USA finished with 29 medals (9 gold, 13 silver, 7 bronze), including two distance silver medals (1500m - Leo Manzano and 10,000m -Galen Rupp), with Russia second with 18 (8 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze) and Jamaica was third with 12 medals – 4 each of gold, silver and bronze.
In the placing tables, which score 1st through 10th place, Team USA dominated with 304 points. Russia was second with 177 and Jamaica third with 107. Of significant note is that in addition to its 20 medals, Team USA scored nine fourth-place finishes.
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