Farah wins in Lausanne

MO Farah made an imperious return to the track in Lausanne last night as the double Olympic champion won his first race since doping allegations against his coach came to light.

Farah kicked away from Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha in the final 100 metres of the 5,000m race and punched the air as he crossed the line in 13 minutes 11.77 seconds.

It was an impressive run against a stacked Diamond League field from an athlete who has seen his world turned upside down in the past five weeks by the doping storm surrounding his coach Alberto Salazar.

Seventeen-year-old world leader Kejelcha moved past him with 300m to go, but the Briton’s most potent weapon is his finishing speed and when he moved up a gear down the home straight his Ethiopian rival had no answer, coming home in 13mins 12.59secs.

Earlier in the evening there was a landmark win for Zharnel Hughes in the 200m.

The 19-year-old Anguillaborn sprinter, who was cleared to compete for Great Britain last month, ran a superb bend from lane two and held his form down the home straight to win in a new personal best 20.13.

It made him the first British athlete to win a 100m or 200m race at a Diamond League event.

Justin Gatlin underlined his status as the world’s dominant sprinting force, though, as the two-time drug cheat crushed Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay to win the 100m in 9.75.