RIO DE JANEIRO – The London Olympic Stadium echoed with cheers as Mohammed Farah’s 2012 win in the 10,000 meters kicked off an hour’s worth of gold medal victories by British athletes, which would be remembered as Super Saturday. Four years and nine days later, Saturday night brought less of a roar from the crowd at the Rio Olympic Arena and medals of different hues for his compatriots.
The constant variable in the night of athletics was the surging and dominant speed that has come to be synonymous with Farah over the years.
More than 5,000 miles from London, the same tactics that he earned him two Olympic golds in London and four world championships since were employed on Brazil’s blue track.