"... a marathon-running transvestite who supports Team GB."

[lonelybrit]

Eddie Izzard's written a great piece for CNN: 'Mo Farah is proof of great multicultural Britain'.

When Mo was asked whether he'd have preferred to run as a Somali (he came to Britain as child refugee) his response was: "Look mate, this is my country. This is where I grew up, this is where I started life. This is my country and when I put on my Great Britain vest I'm proud."

As someone who has also been adopted into this country, all I can really say to that is: YES.

It's a lovely article, definitely touches on why - somehow, and completely unexpectedly - these Olympics left me feeling, if only for a little while, genuinely proud to be British :)

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[tavella.livejournal.com]

Mo Farah was my favorite part of the Olympics, I think. And I'm not even British!

[lonelybrit]

Awww! :) His 5km race was definitely one of my highlights of the entire Olympics, just a wonderful vibe with the added shine and 'Awww!' factor at his reaction to seeing his US training partner pick up a silver :)