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Olympic hero Mo Farah father of twin girls | Olympic hero Mo Farah father of twin girls |
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Double Olympic champion Mo Farah is the father of twin girls, he has announced. | Double Olympic champion Mo Farah is the father of twin girls, he has announced. |
Farah, who won the men's 5,000m and 10,000m amid joyous scenes at the Olympic Stadium, said it was "great news". | |
His wife Tania was heavily pregnant when she joined him on the track after his first triumph three weeks ago. | |
The Team GB runner had dedicated his medals to his unborn daughters after achieving the rare double and sealing his status as a star of the Games. | |
Speaking at a press conference in Birmingham on Saturday, Farah said: "My wife has been holding on so long and it's great that she held on this long and didn't give birth on the track (at the Olympics)." | |
He said he had been present when his wife gave birth in London on Friday. | |
'A happy man' | |
When asked how fatherhood compared with winning an Olympic gold medal, he said: "It's completely different. It's out of your control, it was weird, but as a father I'm very proud. | |
"To have three kids in the family is going to be exciting. If my wife has another two more twins boys, I'll be a happy man." | |
Farah also said his stepdaughter Rihanna was "very excited" by the arrival of her new sisters. | |
He said while no names had been picked, they would eventually be inscribed on his gold medals. | |
"I am actually going to get their names on it, once we've figured out something with the medals - one on each. And then whatever one was born first gets the 10,000m and the other gets the 5,000m one." | |
Farah, 29, broke the British indoor record for two miles this year and will try to break Steve Ovett's 1978 outdoor mark of eight minutes, 13.51 seconds in Birmingham. | Farah, 29, broke the British indoor record for two miles this year and will try to break Steve Ovett's 1978 outdoor mark of eight minutes, 13.51 seconds in Birmingham. |
Born in Somalia, Farah spent most of his early life in Djibouti and arrived in London when he was eight. | Born in Somalia, Farah spent most of his early life in Djibouti and arrived in London when he was eight. |