Mo Farah nominated to be BBC sports personality of the year

Mo Farah crosses the line after winning gold at the European Championships. PHOTO/Gustau Nacarino/Reuters

Mo Farah knew something had to change if he was to become world champion so he made the decision to move to the United States to train.

It paid off within six months as he won 5,000m gold at the World Championships in Daegu to prove his credentials as one of the best distance runners in the world.

Farah’s incredible performance was not only the biggest distance win by a European male since Ireland’s Eamonn Coghlan at the Worlds in 1983 but the first long distance gold won by a British male at a global championships.

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