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Mo Farah wins the ten thousand metres at the World Championships, in Beijing.Photograph by Andy Lyons/Getty
Malcolm Gladwell and Nicholas Thompson discuss the World Track and Field Championships, which are underway in Beijing.
Nicholas Thompson: Malcolm, it’s a pleasure to be chatting with you about track again. And, wow, what a spectacular opening weekend at the World Championships.
Malcolm Gladwell: Where to begin? I know that this sentence has never been uttered in normal conversation before, but I found the men’s ten thousand metres on the opening night riveting. A hot, muggy night. Mo Farah—the greatest distance runner of his generation—up against a group of young Kenyans determined to work together to bring him down. And squarely in the mix: America’s finest distance runner, Galen Rupp. Did you ever think Farah might lose, Nick?
N: It was absolutely riveting, and I never thought that Farah was actually going to lose (though I wanted him to). I felt going into
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Mo Farah
Somali-British track and field athlete (born 1983)
"Mohamed Farah" redirects here. For other people of the same name, see Mohamed Farah (disambiguation).
Farah at the 2015 Diamond League in Doha | |
| Birth name | Hussein Abdi Kahin |
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| Full name | Mohamed Muktar Jamah Farah |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | (1983-03-23) 23 March 1983 (age 41)[1] Gabiley, Somalia |
| Monuments | |
| Occupation | Runner |
| Years active | 1996–2023 |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb)[1] |
| Spouse | Tania Nell (m. 2010) |
| Website | mofarah.com |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Sport | Athletics/Track, Long-distance running |
| Event(s) | 10,000 metres, 5000 metres, 1500 metres, Half marathon, Marathon |
| University team | St Mary's University Twickenham, London |
| Club | Newham and Essex Beagles, London |
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