Britain's Mo Farah successfully defended his European 5,000 metres title here yesterday on the opening day of the championships.
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The London Olympic hope and reigning world 5,000m champion comfortably took gold for the second successive European championships in a time of 13min 29.91sec.
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The 29-year-old beat home Germany's Arne Gabius and Polat Kemboi of Turkey.
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Farah, who is also the defending European 10,000m champion, pulled clear of the pack over the closing two laps in Helsinki to hold off Gabius who took silver in a time of 13:31.83.
