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Mo Farah is no stranger to making history and now he has the chance to enhance his legendary status even more.

Farah needs just one more title to make him the leading male gold medallist at the European Athletics Championships.

If he is looking for an even greater reason to compete in Amsterdam in July, this could be it.

Few could have believed how the story of Farah would develop in the past decade since he was beaten in the final strides of the 5000m final at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg 2006 by Spain's Jesus Espana.

Since then, he has made the championships his own - winning five golds at the last three editions, let alone his incredible Olympic and world glory.

His success puts him level on the European 'gold medal' list with fellow Britain Roger Black, the 400m star, and Germany's 400m hurdling icon Harald Schmid.

The three are closely followed by French sprinting star Christophe Lemaitre with four golds, two silvers and two bronzes to his name. He could very well take the lead on this gold medal list following a win in Amsterdam.

Barcelona 2010 became the time the sport could really sit up and realise what a force Farah had become when he won the 5000m and 10,000m at the European Athletics Championships.

It was the first occasion a British man had won a major 10,000m and for Farah, redemption for his narrow defeat in Sweden.

He said: “To wait for four years after last time is not easy. I gave 100 per cent then but was beaten by a better man. This means so much to me.”

A year later, there was more gold in the 5000m at the world championships in Daegu before 2012, when in Helsinki, he brilliantly defended his European 5000m crown before winning the long-distance double at the Olympic Games in London in front of the home crowd.

He had become unstoppable.

In 2013, he won the 5000m and 10,000m double at the world championships in Moscow and then in Zurich 12 months later he regained both titles at the European Athletics Championships. Last summer, he did it again - defending his world titles in Beijing, the first athlete in history to do the triple double at Olympic and world level.

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Ahead is Amsterdam between 6-10 July and then the Olympics in Rio a month later and if he chooses to run at the European Athletics Championships, and wins, it might be quite a while before someone overtakes that golden supremacy.

EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS LEADERS

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Roger Black (GBR)

5

1

0

Harald Schmid (FRG)

5

1

0

Mo Farah (GBR)*

5

1

0

Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)*

4

2

2

Pietro Mennea (ITA)

3

2

1

Linford Christie (GBR)

3

1

2

*still competing

FARAH'S RESULTS AT EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Zurich 2014

5000m final

1. Farah 14:05.82

2. Ibrahimov 14:03.32

3. Andy Vernon (GBR) 14:09.48

10000m final

1. Farah 28:08.11

2. Vernon 28:08.66

3. Ali Kaya (TUR) 28:08.72

Helsinki 2012

5000m final

1. Farah 13:29.91

2. Arne Gabius (GER) 13:31.83

3. Polat Kemboi Arikan (TUR) 13:32.63

Barcelona 2010

5000m final

1. Farah 13:31.18

2. Espana 13:33.12

3. Hayle Ibrahimov (AZE) 13:34.15

10,000m Final

1. Farah 28:24.99

2. Chris Thompson (GBR) 28:27.33

3. Daniele Meucci (ITA) 28:27.33

Gothenburg 2006

5000m final

1. Jesus Espana (ESP) 13:44.70

2. Farah (GBR) 13:44.79

3. Juan Carlos Higuero (ESP) 13:46.48




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