Olympic silver medallist and former world champion Steve Cram: “The manner of his victory was a familiar one, but this takes him into a place where no other British athlete has been.
“It was simply wonderful distance running from Mo Farah. He tripped up, fell, and still won and did it the only way Mo Farah could do.”
Former British 10,000m Olympic bromze medallist Brendan Foster said: “The plan that we’ve read about and listened to the Kenyans talk about didn’t unfold, Mo was tested in the latter stages of the race but that was absolutely brilliant.
“The greatest distance runners of all time – he is now keeping them company.”
BBC Sport’s chief sports writer Tom Fordyce: “Not since the 10,000m at the Worlds in Daegu five summers ago have we seen Farah behind in a major track final.
“However this man, who joins the most select of elite groups in successfully defending an Olympic 10,000m title, refuses to be beaten – by a rival ahead with 150m to go, by a fall, by anyone in a global final in eight attempts. And there may yet be more to come.”
