Mo Farah wins gold in the 10,000 meters at the World Athletics Championships in London

The British athlete Mo Farah, double Olympic and world champion in long distance events, won the first gold medal at the London World Championships and increased his tally to six titles by winning the 10,000 meters with a time of 26:49.51 minutes.

Ugandan Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei won the silver medal with a time of 26:49.94 minutes, and Kenyan Paul Tanui took the bronze with a time of 26:50.60 minutes.

Farah's new victory, at the age of 34, completes an unprecedented streak of 10 consecutive titles in major competitions (Olympics, World Championships, and European Championships).

Cheptegei started strong (2:39.48 for the first mile). The group seemed to break up, but it reformed despite being stretched. Farah, at the back of the pack, remained unfazed. Not even when Kenyan Geoffrey Kamworor, the runner-up from two years ago, took the lead and finished the second mile in 5:25.45, three seconds faster than the first.

A roar from the crowd accompanied Mo's sudden advance, 15 laps from the finish, as he closely watched his rivals from behind the top three.

At the five-kilometer mark, Kenyan Bedan Muchiri made a sudden move and reached it in 13:33.77. But the British runner remained calm and only with four laps to go did he briefly take the lead.

Nine athletes arrived together at the final mile. With 700 meters left, Farah unleashed his winning strategy. Now in control, he overcame a stumble in the last turn and surged uncontrollably in the straight, amid the roar of the crowd, to win in 26:49.53.

Since losing the 10,000-meter title by a narrow margin to Ethiopian Ibrahim Jeilan in the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, Farah has not lost a single gold medal in major championships.

His doubles (5,000 and 10,000 meters) at the World Championships in Moscow 2013 and Beijing 2015, as well as the Olympics in London 2012 and Rio 2016, should have protected his reputation, but suspicions about the methods used by his coach, Alberto Salazar, have often put him in the spotlight.

Farah was the target of a cyber attack by Russian hackers, who released documents from the IAAF database stating that he had been suspended for doping in 2015. However, another report from the following year confirmed that the British athlete had been acquitted based on subsequent analyses.

Mo Farah's last race on the track, before transitioning to the marathon, ended like all the others in the past six years - with his victory.