Mo Farah double-double makes him darling of British sport

If you have dreams they can come true and I always wanted to achieve these for my kids because for so much of the year you don’t see them.

The team’s total of 67 is Great Britain’s biggest medal haul since the first London games in 1908.

Germany’s Thomas Rohler won the men’s javelin, while US triumphed in the men’s and women’s 4x400m relays. “It takes a lot to win an Olympic medal and I would just like to thank everybody”.

He has now won two golds in the same events in two successive Olympic Games, boosting his status as Britain’s greatest track athlete. Team USA captain Sue Bird, who plays with the Seattle Storm, declared: “I’m pretty sure we demonstrated that we’re one of the best teams ever”.

On Wednesday, in his 5,000-meter heat, Farah tripped again when he collided with Hassan Mead of the United States with about 150 meters left to go in the race.

Mo Farah clinched a historic “double double” on the final night of athletics at Rio 2016 as he added 5,000m gold to last week’s 10,000m triumph.

But no-one else could surpass the German, as the best of the rest, defending champion Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago, took bronze with 85.38m, edging ahead of Rohler’s team-mate Johannes Vetter, who managed 85.32m.

“I remember seeing Haile Gebrselassie and Paul Tergat in Sydney and wondering if I could become Olympic champion at the time”, said Farah of the battle between the Ethiopian and the Kenya at the 2000 Olympics, which Gebrselassie won by ninth hundredths of a second.

T he 33-year-old was overcome with emotion as she stood on top of the podium with her second gold medal around her neck after unanimously outpointing Sarah Ourahmoune of France. “The guys watch you race and they know what you are good at”, Farah said. He is the only British athlete to win four Olympic titles.

American Matt Centrowitz won a surprise gold in the men’s 1500-metre final on Saturday.

We round up the main talking points from the last track and field session at Rio 2016, which saw gold medals awarded in seven events.

It was Eilidh Doyle, Anyika Onuora, Emily Diamond and Christine Ohuruogu of the women’s 4×400 relay team who pushed Great Britain over the line, winning a bronze medal moments after Farah’s victory.

Earlier, China’s Chen Long inflicted more Olympic heartache on Lee Chong Wei with a convincing win in the men’s badminton singles final – consigning the Malaysian to his third straight silver medal.

Post-race, Chelimo discovered he was one of three runners disqualified for putting a foot inside the track while he was being interviewed by NBC TV.

Day 15: Nicola Adams shed tears of joy after becoming the first British boxer to retain an Olympic boxing title in 92 years. “Now I’m really happy”.