By James Toney

Former Teddington-based hero Mo Farah is refusing to be complacent as he heads to the World Championships as a short-priced favourite for another double gold.

The double Olympic champion is widely expected to defend his 5,000m title and upgrade his 10,000m silver from two years ago in Moscow.

In recent weeks he has underlined his dominance, breaking the long-standing 1,500m British record and cruising to a victory over 3,000m at the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games in London.

Farah had been tipped to rewrite Dave Moorcroft’s 31-year old British best at the Olympic Stadium but settled for an outdoor personal best instead, clocking seven minutes, 36.85 seconds to win by nearly six seconds.

“The aim was building for Moscow, I never was going to go for a record,” he insisted.

“It would have taken a lot out of me so the important thing was to get something out of the race and that was the win.

“We just need to work on a few things but there’s not a lot we can change within two weeks.

“You saw what happened in Daegu, I was the favourite and I’d never heard of Ibrahim Jeilan but I got beat in the 10,000m, so anything can happen.

“Every race you race everyone knows what you are capable of – you’re a marked man with an X on your back.

“But it’s good for the sport and it’s what it needs. I’ve learned a lot from Usain Bolt, the way he comes out, breaks records and stays relaxed.”

Farah was the undoubted British star turn for the 65,000 strong crowd and he admitted getting the chance to relive the memories of that famous Super Saturday, when he won the first of his Olympic titles, brought a tear to his eye.

“It was great to come back here on a track which has great memories for me, I got really emotional about it just thinking about race again and going through it,” he added.

“The crowd was almost similar to the Olympics. I’ve got my two girls in the stadium for the first time because my wife was pregnant at the time and it was nice for them to see Daddy win.

“I’ll come back to this stadium for sure, perhaps for the World Championships in 2017.”

However, Farah’s long-term ambitions remain the marathon – with his much-anticipated debut over the distance scheduled for London next April, which he admitted could threaten his participation at next year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

“It would be nice to be a part of the Commonwealth Games but it just depends on how it fits in,” he said.

“Next year will be a big challenge with the move up to the marathon so I don’t know what will happen. The decision is yet to be made."

The Moscow World Championships start from August 10.

The Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games is the final event in the Sainsbury’s Summer Series. For more information on Sainsbury’s support of world class athletics and disability sport go to www.sainsburys-live-well-for-less.co.uk/occasions/anniversary-games/