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40 FirstNews ISSUE 275 9 – 15 SEPTEMBER 2011SPORTCRAZYBUT TRUEGREENWolves couldsave the lynx10World’s biggestfood fight26Rubbishweekend16BritishGettyMO Farah finished off the athletics WorldChampionships in style for Team GB thisweek, as he became Britain’s first ever 5,000mworld champion.first forFarahknow?Did youOnly one world record wasbroken at this year’s WorldChampionships. Jamaica’s menset a new record of 37.04secsin the 4x100m relay, knockingjust 0.06secs off the time theyset in Beijing.by Ian EddyAfter his disappointment earlier in the week, when hetired at the end of the 10,000m final and slipped back tosecond place in the dying moments, Farah was overjoyedto get his hands on a gold medal.“It feels awesome,” he said. “I can’t quite believe this hashappened and I’ve got gold now, it just feels amazing.When you make a lot of sacrifices and you work hard, noteverything goes smooth sometimes and, in the 10k, I wasdisappointed as I thought I could win the race.”Britain finished in sixth place in the medal table, witha total of seven medals, including two golds. The othergold was won by Wales’ Dai Greene, who put in a flawlessperformance in the 400m hurdles final.Heptathlon star Jessica Ennis and triple jumper PhillipsIdowu were both disappointed not to retain their worldtitles, but can still be proud of their silver medals.South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius didn’t race in the 4x400mrelay final, but he did compete in earlier rounds, meaninghe will get a silver medal. He is the first Paralympic athleteto win a medal at the able-bodied World Championships.GettyMo Farah enjoys the taste of successafter winning the 5,000m world titleDai Greene laps up the attention afterwinning gold in the 400m hurdlesSPORT NEWS IN NUMBERS28.90 seconds is thenew world record set by JessicaApplegate in the multi-disability50m event at the UK SchoolGames (UKSG). She beat theprevious record by 0.05secs.3 gold medals were won bybadminton player Sean Vendy(right) at the UKSG. He stormedto victory in the boys’ singles anddoubles, plus the mixed doubles.10.54 seconds wasthe new UKSG championshiprecord and personal best set by100m runner Kelvin Tairou, as heraced home to win a gold medal.Getty11-0 was thescore in the Netherlands’Euro 2012 qualifier withSan Marino (right). Theirprevious record was 9-0.Robin van Persie scored four,which made a nice changefrom his last match, Arsenal’s8-2 defeat by Man Utd.14 medals were wonby GB athletes at the WorldRowing Championships,including seven golds. Theexcellent results put Britainon top of the final medaltable, five medals and threegolds ahead of their nearestrivals, New Zealand.Getty3 hours and 16 minutesis how long it took SamStosur (right) to beat NadiaPetrova at the US Open. Itwas the longest women’ssingles match in the historyof the tournament.17-15 was thescore in a tie-break duringStosur’s next match, againstMaria Kirilenko. That was thelongest tie-break ever in awomen’s singles match inany of the four grand slamtournaments. Stosur lostthe tie-break, but went onto win the match and headinto the quarter-finals.Getty