Olympic champion Farah triumphs in 10,000m

Britain's double Olympic champion Mohamed Farah claimed the men's 10,000m title at the World Athletics Championship here.

It was a sweet revenge for Farah, who was beaten by a 52.8-second last lap by Ethiopian Ibrahim Jeilan at the Daegu Worlds in 2011, reports Xinhua.

Farah kept a low profile at the beginning of the race, staying last in the first three laps.

He dashed to take the lead after the sixth lap before immediately slowing down to hide himself in the middle of the chasing group Saturday.

The 5,000m and 10,000m London Olympics gold medallist sped up to seize the lead again with two laps to go and held off a homestretch charge from defending champion Jeilan to win the 25-lap race in 27 minutes and 21.71 seconds.

"I am excited to win the competition. It was a great race and I respected all my competitors. Jeilan won the gold in the last World Championships and today Tanui pushed the pace. I am not dominating the long distance, what I want is only to collect more medals for my family and my country," said Farah.

"I had the experience from a couple of years ago and I saw Jeilan coming at the bell. I didn't want to lose again.

"I remember a couple of years ago I was second and I was just digging in and make sure I didn't over stride. I kept looking across and you could see in my eyes, I was just making sure they didn't come after me. It was nice to come out here and win it," he added.

Jeilan, who missed almost all of last year and didn't compete in London, finished second in 27:22.23. Kenya's Paul Kipngetich Tanui, the 2011 World Cross Country Championships silver medallist, finished third in 27:22.61.

American Galen Rupp, who won the 10,000m Olympic silver in London, failed to maintain a podium finish as he clocked 27:24.39 to settle for fourth.