In the final battle, Mo Farah wins 5000m at Weltklasse ZH!

In the final battle, @gomofarah wins

The pace was honest: 2:35.30 for 1000 meters, 5:13.3 for 2,000 meters, 7:51.27 for 3000 meters and 10:37.87 for 4000 meters. This was going to come down to some serious last kilometer running!

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And it did. The final kilometer was in 2:28. But it was the final last 400 meters that did the trick!

In the last 800 meters, @gomofarah ran 1:53, with a 52.61 last 400 meters, but race was not won until last 20 meters, what control as three guys go down at finish! Winning time was 13:06.5, with Paul Chelimo, US, 13:06.09 in second, Muktar Edris, 13:06.09, Yomif Kejelcha, 13:06.19!

The difference in the last thirty meters was minute, but Mo Farah pulled it out, calling on some energy source inside and pumped his arms as Muktar Edris and Paul Chelimo went nearly down and Kejelcha fell apart.

That last lap, covered in 52.62, was brutal, heartfelt and agonizingly close. It is only in a race like this, with the best in the world, that one can really appreciate the quality of racing that we have seen with Mo Farah.

A fitting ending of a career for @gomofarah. No quarter asked, no quarter given.

We will miss you.

Doing the mobot one last time on track, @gomofarah had to give it his all to successfully strike back after his world championship defeat at the 5k. Winning in 13:06,05 makes him the @diamondleagueathletics champion for 2017. #weltklassezÃ¼rich #zurichdl

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Larry Eder has had a 51-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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