Barega's team are dancing and singing in the stands behind him as the 21-year-old poses for photographs with a flag draped over his shoulders. Lovely scenes.

Andrew Cotter
Athletics commentator on BBC TV

I remember tipping Selemon Barega as an 18-year-old as a name to watch a few years ago because he's always had that ability to do that he's just never ever actually produced it when he needed to - but now he's the Olympic champion.

What a race. Relatively steady in Olympic terms but enthralling and energy-sapping nonetheless, and that's just watching it on your sofa...

But it is Ethiopia's Selemon Barega who takes the men's 10,000m crown from the absent Mo Farah.

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Christine Ohuruogu
Former 400m Olympic gold medallist on BBC Radio 5 Live

What a really exciting race that was. Once the first gold medal is on, people will realise there are a lot more medals up for grabs.

Allison Curbishley
Athletics expert on BBC Radio 5 Live

It ended up being a game of chess, but what an impressive win, a big surprise win as well.

Barega very much the champion at the age of 21.

Allison Curbishley
Athletics expert on BBC Radio 5 Live

This is going to turn into a mile foot race, nobody has done anything and it doesnt help Cheptegei this sort of pace because he is not as quick as the chasing pack.

Gone are the days of Mo Farah type last laps where 55 seconds could win you this. The sort of guys in this field can throw in a 52 seconds off the back of this pedestrian pace.

There's the bell!

Barega is pushing! Can they stay with him?

Joshua Cheptegei is still just about holding off the rest, but there goes Mohammed Ahmed striding beyond him. 600m to go. Selemon Barega is hanging on too.

Who's going to kick?! There's 10 or 11 still hanging on to try and have a dig at a medal...

Andrew Cotter
Athletics commentator on BBC TV

Finally the race is on, finally it looks like someone is going to take this race by the scruff of the neck.

Now it's Joshua Cheptegei at the front with Canada's Mohammed Ahmed trying to match him.

Under four laps to go.

Joshua Cheptegei, the world record holder, is biding his time and well placed to make a move - it's almost a game of chess among the frontrunners now. Jacob Kiplimo is also there but there are plenty in the pack.

Andrew Cotter
Athletics commentator on BBC TV

That's slightly bizarre, Stephen Kissa did lead and tried to tease people to go with him and it didn't work. There's not really much pace now.

The sort of pace we were expecting hasn't materialised, people are beginning to suffer here. The conditions are definitely starting to take effect.

And there goes early leader Stephen Kissa, his stellar effort comes to an end in the heat and humidity with eight laps to go.

Paula Radcliffe
Women's marathon world record holder on BBC TV

I'm surprised that people aren't reacting a bit more to these surges, I guess they've got wise to these surges that keep happening because the pack is keeping a really steady even pace.

Now when it's starting to pan out and the race is starting to get going I can't help but think that the dangers are going to come from people who kept their powder dry and conserved energy in the middle of that pack.

Oh dear. Sam Atkin is out and limping as he walks off the track.

Atkin wears wearing carbon fibre orthotics to deal with a foot problem called Freiburg disease - he was told to quit running at the age 17, but made it to an Olympic final...

Andrew Cotter
Athletics commentator on BBC TV

You feel the second half of the race is going to have someone come along and set it alight. I'm not sure that Joshua Cheptegei can afford to wait too long. There's plenty of people that can set this off.

The Kenyan game plan can surely not be to just hang around because the Ethiopian contingent will have too much fire power for the Kenyans if they leave it to the last five or six laps.

The field has concertinaed but Stephen Kissa still holds a narrow lead as the runners hit the halfway mark in 14.08. A (relatively...) comfortable pace.

Rachel Brown-Finnis
Ex-England goalkeeper on BBC Four

International football is often divided by clutch moments. The two saves by Micah and between that the miss from Caroline Weir.

It is absolutely heartbreaking, it made me feel sick.