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The best kicker in the world brought the crowd at Londons Olympic Stadium to their feet, as the building shook for nearly fourteen minutes in anticipation of Mohamed Farahs second long-distance gold for the host nation. Aaron Rodgers Womens Jersey. Great Britain had never stood atop the podium of a long distance Olympic race, but Farah has twice now in the past week, and on Saturday the 2011 world champion won G.B.s first medal in the 5000m since Munich 1972. The 29-year-old kicked with 600 metres to go, and was able to hold off Ethiopias Dejen Gebremeskel, as he sprinted to the finish line, crossing in 13 minutes, 41.66. After the British Somali won Great Britains first ever gold medal in the 10000-metre final on Day 8, he controlled the 5000m, taking home the host nations first gold in that race as well. Four years ago in Beijing, Farah failed to qualify for the final, but was able to win Great Briains 27th gold medal of the London 2012 Olympic Games on Saturday. In just a few weeks, Farahs wife Tania is due to give birth to twins. "Its unbelievable. I was feeling tired coming into the race." Farah said after his win. "When I took the lead I knew I had to hold onto it. "Those two medals are for my two girls - they can have one each." When Farah was introduced, the crowd went crazy -- thousands of Union Jack flags waved noiselessly, while the roaring of the sections he passed never rested until the race was over. The final started out very slow, but finished quick with Farah setting the pace, with a final mile of 4:00.50, and a final lap of 52.9 seconds. Gebremeskel claimed silver in 13:41.98 after Ethiopias Meseret Defar became the first woman to win the Olympic 5000m gold medal twice. Kenyas Thomas Longosiwa earned bronze in 13:42.36 with Bernard Lagat of the United States finishing fourth. Farah started out in dead last, controlling the race from that position as the pace was much slower than in the qualifying heats. 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After waiting more than a week for the Timberwolves to finish their dalliance with Nicolas Batum, Stiemsma agreed to terms on an offer sheet with the Wolves on Saturday, his agent Mike Naiditch said. Terms of the deal were not immediately available. The Boston Celtics have three days to match the offer for the restricted free agent big man, but they are expected to let him return to where his NBA career began. Stiemsma finished his college career at Wisconsin in 2008 and bounced around from Turkey to South Korea to the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBAs development league before the Timberwolves signed him in the summer of 2010 to be a workout partner for Al Jefferson, who was recovering from a torn ACL. He did not make the team out of training camp that season, but the hard-working forward/centre made an impression with the organization. He signed a 10-day contract with Cleveland in October of that year, but did not catch on before spending the rest of that season back in Turkey. The Celtics signed him before the start of last season and he carved a niche for himself as an energy guy off the bench who would spell Kevin Garnett. Stiemsma averaged 2.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 14 miinutes per game for the Celtics last season. Clay Matthews Jersey Boston coach Doc Rivers loved the energy and intensity on defence that Stiemsma brought, but the Celtics tight cap situation after adding Jason Terry, Courtney Lee and re-signing Jeff Green figured to make it difficult for them to match Minnesotas offer. If the Wolves do land Stiemsma, it will be a welcome bit of good fortune on the free agent market after a few swings and misses. They negotiated with Portland to try to get Batum for more than a week, only to have the Blazers match their four-year, $45 million offer sheet. The Wolves then missed out on Lee, who was moved to Boston in a sign-and-trade deal, and power forward Jordan Hill, who re-signed with the Lakers. Minnesota needed to add another big man to back up starting centre Nikola Pekovic after using the amnesty clause on Darko Milicic and letting Anthony Randolph leave in free agency. They also have agreements with former Blazers guard Brandon Roy and Russian guard Alexey Shved that have yet to be officially announced. The Wolves also have shown interest in Bulls free agent Ronnie Brewer, Warriors forward Dominic McGuire and in bringing back forward Anthony Tolliver, who has spent the past two seasons in Minnesota. ' ' '