Mo Farah eyes double at IAAF

Double-Olympic champion Mo Farah is relishing the prospect of achieving an unprecedented 5,000 and 10,000m double at consecutive World Championships.

The 32-year-old, who also won both events at London 2012, achieved world 5,000m gold in 2011 before the world double in Moscow two years later. "No-one has done it and it would be amazing to make history," he said.

"To win both from Moscow to here would be incredible. It's not going tobe easy but it can happen."

Farah makes his first bid for gold on Saturday when he competes in the10,000m final. The 5,000m heats take place on Wednesday before the final on the penultimate day of competition on Saturday, 29 August. Farah has endured a difficult year following allegations from a BBC investigation linking his coach Alberto Salazar with doping.

There is no suggestion that Farah had broken any rules and Salazar has denied the claims. In June Farah spoke of his anger at how his name was "being dragged through the mud". (bbcsport)