At London 2012 Mo Farah could well win two gold medals on the track. Here are the key facts you need to know about one of Britain's brightest talents...
Vital statistics:
Age: 29
Born: Mogadishu, Somalia
Height: 1.75metres
Sport: Track and field athlete
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
1. After moving to London aged eight, Mo grew up in Hounslow, West London, where his PE teacher spotted his gift for sport.
2. Mo is Muslim but has decided not to fast during Ramadan this year, as it falls during the Olympic Games, but will undertake a period of abstinence later in the year.
3. His breakthrough came in 2006 when he won silver in the 5000m in the European T&F Championships.
4. In July 2010, Farah won Britain's first-ever men's European gold medal at 10,000m at the European T&F Championships . A week later he became the first British man to run sub 13 minutes for the 5000m with a National Record time of 12:57.94.
5. Last year, Mo relocated to Portland, Oregon, with his high school sweetheart and wife Tania, along with their daughter Rhianna.
6. At the Beijing Olympics he was knocked out before the final in the 5,000 metre event.
7. Farah is now trained by Alberto Salazar, the Cuban-born marathon runner best known for his performances in the New York City Marathons in the early 1980s.
8. One of his key training weapons is an underwater treadmill, which enables him to run extra miles without chancing same risk of injury as when running outside. He uses this machine three or four times a week.
9. Farah ran every day of his honeymoon in Zanzibar and when the couple got stranded because of volcanic ash he went into the Kenyan mountains to train, to ensure his fitness didn’t dip.
10. Earlier this year, Farah became the first person to win the gameshow The Cube. He donated the £250,000 prize to his charity - the Mo Farah Foundation.
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