Mo Farah is GB's 'greatest sportsman' - Brendan Foster
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Olympic medallist Brendan Foster has described Mo Farah as Britain's "greatest sportsman" after claiming the first distance 'triple-double'.
Farah added the 5,000m to his 10,000m title at the World Championships - a feat he also achieved at the London Olympics in 2012 and the 2013 Worlds.
Foster said: "Mo is the greatest sportsman that Britain has ever had."
Farah responded: "We have had so many legends and to be in the same category as them is amazing."
Farah, 32, has now gone ahead of Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele who is the only other person to claim an Olympic and world 'double-double' in the distance events.
Farah now has five World Championship golds, two Olympic golds and five European golds, and is unbeaten on the track outdoors in a major championships since finishing second in the 10,000m at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu.
Foster, working as a BBC commentator at the championships, believes Farah is getting better as he gets older.
Mo Farah (centre) poses on the podium with Kenya's 5,000m silver medallist Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku (left) and bronze medallist Hagos Gebrhiwet of Ethiopia
He added: "For me, tonight has put him at the top table. Mo is up there with the greats of distance running, Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Emil Zatopek and Lasse Viren.
"Nobody has worked out how to beat him and he's got the Rio Olympics next year and then maybe the Worlds again in London in 2017.
"This guy is still adding to his record books."
Farah, who described Foster's comments as "amazing", named rower Sir Steve Redgrave, ex-footballer David Beckham and former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson as his three greatest British sportsmen.
"Football is probably my number one," explained Farah.
"We had people such as David Beckham and the rest of the guys, we have had so many legends and to be in the same category as them is amazing."
Multiple Olympic and World sprint champion Usain Bolt added his praise for his friend.
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "When it comes to Mo I'm never worried. When you are used to winning and dominating it comes easy.
"He knows what it takes to win and I had no doubt Mo would win."
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