Moscow: Britain’s Mo Farah outfoxed the fast-paced Kenyan team tactics to become the second man to achieve the double of world and Olympics 5,000 and 10,000 metres titles at the world championships on Friday.

Farah, who won an emotional double gold at the Olympics last year in the Somalia-born athlete’s adopted home city of London, produced a courageous display to win the 10,000m last Saturday and needed all his wits about him in the shorter race.

He emulated Kenenisa Bekele’s double at the 2009 worlds in Berlin, which followed his victories in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Farah clocked 13min 26.98sec, with Ethiopia’s Hagos Gebrhiwet taking silver in 13:27.26 in a photo-finish from bronze medallist Kenyan Isiah Koech.

“It’s something I have worked very hard for,” said Farah, who trains under Alberto Salazar in Portland, Oregon. “I was thinking about the kids and being away from them for so long.

“The twins didn’t recognise me. I have been away so long and they are growing so fast.

“It was harder than last year, but I have a great team. I couldn’t achieve this without them.

“There was a lot of pressure but I enjoyed it and I am proud to hold the Union Jack.”

Meanwhile, Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the third athlete to achieve the women’s world championships sprint double when she won the 200m.

The 26-year-old, who regained her 100m title on Monday, finished in 22.17 seconds while 100m silver medallist Murielle Ahoure of Ivory Coast took silver in a photo finish with Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare, both of whom finished in 22.32.

Three-time champion Allyson Felix of the United States failed to finish, collapsing on to the track after coming round the bend into the home straight and ending the 27-year-old’s dream of setting an all-time world championship gold tally record of nine.

Fraser-Pryce, meanwhile, strode to the line untroubled and celebrated after joining East Germans Silke Gladisch (1987) and Katrin Krabbe (1991) in completing the double.

In the last final of the night, the US won the men’s 4x400 metres relay title. The Americans, for whom 400m individual world champion Lashawn Merritt ran the final leg, clocked 2:58.71 while Jamaica took silver (2:59.88) and Russia the bronze (2:59.90).

Earlier, Germany’s David Storl retained his men’s shot put world title, Russia’s Tatyana Lysenko won the women’s hammer gold and Russia’s Aleksandr Menkov claimed the men’s long jump crown.