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MO FARAH completed an amazing double by winning the 5,000m on another golden night for British athletics at the Olympic Stadium.
Farah, who won the 10,000m last on 'Super Saturday' last weekend, again ran a brilliant tactical race, taking to the front on the bell for the last lap.
On the back straight, it looked as if he may have gone to early with Kenyan Thomas Longosiwa sitting right on his shoulder, seemingly ready to pounce.
However, Farah's renowned late burst of pace in the home straight left Longosiwa trailing in his wake, and the Londoner won in 13:41.66. Ethiopia's Dejen Gebremeskel took silver with Longosiwa ultimately just hanging on in third.
As he crossed the line, Farah had a look of sheer disbelief at his achievement written all over his face. Well, Mo - you better believe it for you are now a double Olympic champion!
It was indeed another truly special night for the 80,000 spectators in east London as the stars of track delivered yet more immense performances.
The greatest of them all, Usain Bolt, won his sixth Olympic gold medal and broke a fourth world record after anchoring the brilliant Jamaica team in the 4x100m relay.
In truth, there was little more for Bolt to do as, by the time Yohan Blake had handed him the baton, Jamaica had pulled well clear.
Credit must go to Bolt, then, for opting to make more history rather than just strolling home ahead of United States and Trinidad & Tobago.
The Great British quartet had not qualified for the final after botching a baton changeover for the fifth time out of the last six major championships - a seriously unimpressive record.
But, thankfully, that was one of very few disappointments over the last two weeks and yesterday Team GB took its total number of medals up to 62 with 28 gold, 15 silver and 19 bronze.
Remarkably, that is the same number of golds as Germany (11), France (10) and Australia (seven) combined.
And it has been confirmed that Britain will finish third in the medal table for certain, ahead of Russia and only behind the two current superpowers, United States and China.
Before the Olympics, it perhaps felt dangerously presumptuous of governing body UK Sport calling Team GB "its greatest ever team".
However, it is now clear that it was just well-placed confidence in a supreme group of athletes, the finest group this country has ever produced.
Another golden day for GB began early on the water at Eton Dorney where trainee accountant Ed McKeever powered away from the field to win the 200m single kayak event in 36.246 seconds.
Within the hour, McKeever had been joined on the podium by Liam Heath and Jon Schofield who took bronze in the doubles event to make it four canoeing medals overall for GB at these Olympics.
Later - as the light declined on Day 15 of London 2012 - boxer Luke Campbell won Britain's 28th gold medal by beating Irishman John Joe Nevin 14-11 in his bantamweight bout.
That was Britain's first bantamweight gold since 1908, and their second gold in the ring at London 2012 after Nicola Adams made history on Thursday (Day 13) by becoming the first ever woman to win an Olympic boxing medal.
The ever-smiling Adams floored three-time Chinese world amateur champion Cancan Ren for an easy win by 16-7 on a day of girl power for Great Britain.
Having broken their duck last week in terms of rowing gold, Britain's female athletes also broke new ground in the equestrian as Charlotte Dujardin and Laura Bechtolsheimer won gold and bronze in the individual dressage.
With three golds, a silver and a bronze, Britain won medals across all three disciplines - jumping, dressage and eventing - in the same Olympics for the first time ever.
Gold also came on the taekwondo mat as 19-year-old Jade Jones, from Flint in Wales, capped her meteoric rise by beating Yuzhuo Hou in the lightweight category.
Two years ago, then devoid of lottery funding, the Jones family raised the £1600 she needed to attend the Youth Olympics in Singapore.
She won gold there - and now, she is a fully-fledged Olympic champion, Britain's youngest at these Games.
On Friday (Day 14), Team GB was frustrated by a lack of gold medals but it was nonetheless still a successful day.
There was double silver in the sailing as both the male and female crews - Luke Patience/Stuart Bithell and Hannah Mills/Saskia Clark - won in the 470 class.
With silver actually already secured for both of them going into the medal race, there had been hopes that they would push for an overall victory - but, amid light winds in Weymouth, their challenges unfortunately faltered.
Later, those two silver medals were added to by three bronzes - in boxing courtesy of Anthony Ogogo in the middleweight division, taekwondo thanks to Lutalo Muhammad, and women's field hockey.
The hockey squad thus overcame the disappointment of losing their semi final 2-1 to Argentina in the finest possible way - by beating New Zealand 3-1 for bronze.
Unfortunately, the men could not follow suit. They lost their bronze match against Australia by the same score - although that was at least an improvement on their devastating 9-2 semi final defeat to Netherlands.
Finally, teenager Tom Daley has had his fair share of low points at London 2012, finishing in the worst possible placing - fourth - in the synchronised event before struggling in the individual preliminaries.
Daley had edged through his first round down in 15th but then improved in the semi finals to be placed in fourth again.
Thankfully, in the final, Daley delivered his best, and his consistency over six dives was rewarded with a brilliant bronze.
His dad, Rob, who died after battling cancer last year, would have been so proud of him - and it was touching to see the youngster pay tribute.
"I know that if he was here he would be very proud," said the 18-year-old, who is Britain's first individual diving medallist for 52 years.
"It's really tough not having him here, but I'm so glad to come out with something to show for it after all of the hard work we put in together."
Yet another magic moment in these Olympics - there have been so many, as this excellent BBC video amply demonstrates. Does it really all have to end today?
MEDAL TABLE (Day 16, 15:54)
| Rank | Country | G | S | B | Total |
| 1 | UNITED STATES (USA) | 45 | 29 | 29 | 103 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 38 | 27 | 22 | 87 |
| 3 | Great Britain & NI (GBR) | 28 | 16 | 19 | 63 |
| 4 | Russian Federation (RUS) | 21 | 25 | 33 | 79 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 11 | 19 | 14 | 44 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 10 | 11 | 12 | 33 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 | Australia (AUS) | 7 | 16 | 12 | 35 |
| 11 | Japan (JPN) | 7 | 14 | 17 | 38 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 7 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 14 | Ukraine (UKR) | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 15 | Cuba (CUB) | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 16 | New Zealand (NZL) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 17 | Iran (IRN) | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 18 | Jamaica (JAM) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 19 | North Korea (PRK) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 |
| 21 | Brazil (BRZ) | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 22 | Belarus (BLR) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 23 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 24 | South Africa (RSA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 25 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 26 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 27 | Kenya (KEN) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 28 | Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 29 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 29 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 31 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 32 | Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 33 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 34 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 36 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 37 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 37 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 37 | Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 40 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 41 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 41 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 41 | Lithuania (LIT) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 44 | Serbia (SBR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 44 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 46 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 47 | Trinidad & Tobago (TRI) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 47 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 49 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 50 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 | Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 | Grenada (GRN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 | Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 | India (IND) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 56 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 57 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 58 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 59 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 60 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 60 | Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 60 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 63 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 63 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 63 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 63 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 63 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 63 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 69 | Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Gabon (GAB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Guatemala (GUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 75 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 75 | Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 75 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 75 | Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 79 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Bahrain (BRN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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