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Team Kenya get down to 5,000m medal hunt: Ndiku, Kiplagat and Yosei carry the country's mantle in middle distance race

Mo Farah of Britain (R) and Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku of Kenya celebrate finishing first and second respectively in the men's 5,000 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing

When the men’s 5,000m heats are held today, the talk will mainly be about who will stop the UK’s Olympics champion Mo Farah from winning another double.

The Briton showed he was in good form when he won the 10,000m gold last Saturday and once again, Kenyans have the mission of trying to stop him.

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