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Olympic Medal: M 10,000

Published: Aug. 4, 2012 at 4:59 PM

LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Mohamed Farah of Britain won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the men's 10,000-meter run.

Galen Rupp of the United States, who trains alongside Farah, won the silver and Tariku Bekele of Ethiopia took the bronze.

Ethiopian runners had won the race in each of the last four Olympics.

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