Somali Athletes - Mohammed Farah, Abdi Bile, Mustafa Mohamed, Samia Yusuf Omar, Abdinasir Said Ibrahim, Zahra Bani, Mohamed Suleiman (Paperback)

Chapters: Mohammed Farah, Abdi Bile, Mustafa Mohamed, Samia Yusuf Omar, Abdinasir Said Ibrahim, Zahra Bani, Mohamed Suleiman, Fartun Abukar Omar, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mohammed "Mo" Farah (Somali:, Arabic: ) (born 23 March 1983 in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a Somali-born British international track and field athlete. He holds the British road record for 10,000 metres, the British indoor record in the 3000 metres and the British track record for 5000 metres. On 27 July 2010 Farah won Britain's first-ever men's European gold medal at 10,000 m in a time of 28 minutes 24.99 seconds. He followed this with a gold in the 5000 m, becoming the 5th athlete to complete the long-distance double at the championships and the first British man to do so. Based in London and running for Newham and Essex Beagles athletics club, Farah won his first major title at the European Junior Championships in 2001. On the track, he generally competes over 5000 metres, where he came sixth in the 2007 World Athletics Championships. He also runs the 3000 metres and occasionally the 1500 metres. In addition, Farah competes in cross-country running, where in December 2006 he became European champion in Italy. In 2009, he followed that with a gold medal in the 3000 m at the European Indoor Championships in Turin. In 2010 Farah became an ambassador for Bupa and Lucozade Sport. Farah arrived in Britain in 1993, aged 8 years old with his father from Mogadishu, Somalia, speaking barely a word of English. His athletic talent was identified by physical education teacher Alan Watkinson at Feltham Community School, who later said of Farah: "When I first met him, he was struggling academically and suffering from the language barrier. He needed focus and I sort of took him under...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=6433331