When Mo Farah starts his quest for Olympic Gold tonight in the 10,000 he knows that he goes where no British athlete has ever gone before him
When he then goes on to try and win the 5000m he knows only one Brit has done that before him and that takes you back to the London Games of 1908 when a Kelvinside Academical Arthur Robertson  won gold in the imperial equivalent the 3 miles

This article was originally posted on 4-Aug-2012, 14:05 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 4-Aug-2012, 14:13.