The fourth man,
by Clifford Thurlow
leer en español In the 2012 Olympics, Mo Farah won gold in the 10,000 metres. He went on to win the 5,000 metres and both races again four years later in 2016.His was a great human interest story – the barefoot boy from Somalia who learned to run in the desert and took up athletics after immigrating to the UK. After winning gold, he was chosen as BBC Sports Personality of the Year and was knighted in 2017 by Queen Elizabeth.On the podium with Mo that day in 2012 was the silver medallist Galen Rupp, from the United States, and bronze winner Tariku Bekele, from Ethiopia.Who was the fourth man?He is not listed. For four long years he had trained for this race. He saw the finishing tape come into view at the same time as Mo, Galen and Tariku – and was beaten by a single breath, a heartbea...