Farah surges to year's fastest 10,000 metres


May 29, 2015; Eugene, OR, USA; Mo Farah (GBR) wins the men's 10000 metre run with a time of 26:50.97 and Paul Kipngetich Tanui (KEN) places second with a time of 26:51.86 and Geoffrey Kamworor places third with a time of 26:52.65 at Hayward Field. Scott Olmos-USA TODAY Sports

EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - Olympic and world champion Mo Farah kept his four-year winning streak over 10,000 metres intact in running the year's fastest time of 26 minutes, 50.97 seconds at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting on Friday.

Briton Farah, challenged by Kenyan Paul Tanui, pushed to the front with 350m to go to defeat Tanui, who ran 26:51.86.

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