Another golden Mo-ment: Farah survives tumble to become first British athlete to win three Olympic golds with victory in 10,000m

It would not be Super Saturday at the Olympics without a run of blistering brilliance by Mo Farah and in Rio's Olympic Stadium Britain's greatest long distance runner turned the men's 10,000m final into an epic rerun of Chariots of Fire when he fell during an enthralling, unrelenting race and recovered to blast past leader Paul Tanui on the home straight to take gold and retain his Olympic crown. 

Farah, who became the first British track and field athlete to win three Olympic gold medals, was inadvertently tripped by training partner Galen Rupp midway through the race and even though he recovered quickly and gave the thumbs up as he ran on, the way he fought back from the setback adds yet more lustre to his astonishing career. This was another quite remarkable performance from Farah, a storybook triumph, after he chased Kenyan Tanui down the back straight on the final lap and then sprinted past him, leaving him powerless to retaliate.