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Mo Farah wins final race in Britain at Birmingham Diamond League meeting". BBC Sport. 20 August 2017 . Retrieved 14 November 2017. Farah joined the Borough of Hounslow Athletics Club in west London. [25] [26] He represented Hounslow at cross-country in the 1994 London Youth Games as an under-13. [27] In 1996, at the age of 13, he entered the English schools cross-country championships and finished ninth. The following year he won the first of five English school titles. [22] Recognising his talent, athletics philanthropist Eddie Kulukundis paid the legal fees to complete Farah's naturalisation as a British citizen, allowing him to travel to competitions without visa issues. [28] [29] Mo Farah Becomes British Olympic Hero, Wins 5,000 and 10,000-Meter Double". Bleacher Report Sport. 12 August 2012 . Retrieved 21 June 2014. a b Morrison, Jonathan (10 August 2013). "Mo Farah wins 10,000 metres and fourth world title". The Times . Retrieved 10 August 2013.

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Mo Farah beats own record on good day for British athletes". The Daily Telegraph. 21 February 2009. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.Farah, Mo (10 October 2013). Twin Ambitions – My Autobiography. Hodder & Stoughton. p.250. ISBN 9781444779592 . Retrieved 19 July 2016– via Google Books. On 10 September 2017, Farah won the Great North Run for a record fourth consecutive time. [116] He finished in 1:00:06, 6 seconds ahead of Jake Robertson. [117] Lewis, Aimee (19 July 2013). "Mo Farah breaks Steve Cram's 28-year British 1500m record". BBC Sport . Retrieved 16 August 2013. Orstein, David (22 December 2011). "BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2011 as it happened". BBC News . Retrieved 15 July 2012.