Mo Farah completed an historic long-distance double on a night of triple gold for Britain at the European Championships in Barcelona.

Farah, who won the 10,000 metres title on the opening night of competition, added the 5,000m tonight to become the first British athlete to do the double, and the first since Italy’s Salvatore Antibo in 1990.

The Somalia-born 27-year-old took up the running with three laps to go and powered away from the field to win by almost two seconds from Spain’s Jesus Espana, the man who denied him the title by just 0.09secs four years ago.

It took Britain’s medal tally to 16 and completed a brilliant night which also saw Jessica Ennis and Dai Greene claim gold.

Ennis added the European heptathlon crown to the world title she won last year with a hard-fought victory over Olympic champion Nataliya Dobrynska of Ukraine, winning by just 45 points.

And Dai Greene led Britain’s second one-two of the championships, claiming victory in the 400 metres hurdles ahead of team-mate Rhys Williams.

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Daily Mail

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