Zürich, Switzerland - There is a brightness in the faces of Mo Farah and Chris Solinsky which cannot be entirely explained by the fact that both are due to race in tomorrow’s climactic Samsung Diamond League 5000m race at the Zürich Weltklasse meeting.

Both come to this race with rising ambition at the end of a season in which both have offered fresh reasons for believing that one day, perhaps soon, they can offer a serious challenge to the Ethiopian and Kenyan runners who currently dominate their chosen events.

‘Oh God! That’s amazing!

Farah, the first man to win European 5000 and 10,000m titles at the same Championships in 20 years, is now hoping to improve his time in the shorter distance – and ideally to get under the psychologically significant barrier of 13 minutes.

That is something Solinsky has already managed, and the American consolidated his achievement by lowering his personal best to 12:55.53 in finishing fifth in the Stockholm Diamond League meeting earlier this month.

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