Mo Farah survived a mid-race fall and produced a brilliant sprint finish to retain his 10,000m Olympic title in supreme fashion.
In doing so, the Hounslow-raised athlete became the first Brit to win three Olympic gold medals on the track.
The 33-year-old moved past Kenya’s Paul Tanui on the final bend to win in 27 minutes, five seconds.
Farah had a brief scare when he took a tumble, having been accidentally nudged by training partner Galen Rupp, but he was quickly back up on his feet and showed no ill effects.
Even so, he was behind going into the last lap but found his trademark kick in the home straight to race clear.
Farah, who was born in Somalia, moved to Britain at the age of eight and attended schools in Isleworth and Feltham.
He represented Hounslow in the London Youth Games and later trained at St Mary’s University College in Twickenham.
He will be back on the track next week when he also looks to defend the 5,000m title he won at London 2012.
On a medal-laden day for west London, Putney’s Phelan Hill led the Great Britain men’s eight to victory.
With Hill as cox, the team led throughout and finished well ahead of Germany and the Netherlands.
The women’s eight – led by Maida Vale cox Zoe De Teledo (pictured) – held off Romania on the line to claim silver.
They were last at the halfway mark but stormed through the field in the closing 1,000m to take second.
Meanwhile, Putney resident Justin Rose is on course for a medal in the inaugural Olympic golf tournament after moving into the lead at the end of the third round.
Rose hit a 65 to leave himself on 12-under, a shot clear of Sweden’s Henrik Stenson and three ahead of Australia’s Marcus Fraser in third – with the rest of the field at least six shots adrift.
Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel scored the opening goal as Nigeria beat Denmark to book a place in the football semi-finals.
Denmark were captained by Brentford striker Lasse Vibe, whose hopes of a medal are now gone.
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