Twin girls for Olympics hero Farah

Double Olympic champion Mo Farah has become father to twin girls, he said today.

The Team GB double Olympic champion runner told Sky News his wife Tania, who was seen cheering him on while heavily pregnant, had given birth.

Farah, who is already stepfather to Rihanna, dedicated his 5,000m and 10,000m gold medals to the unborn pair after he topped the podium in London.

A very excited Farah, who is in Birmingham for the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix tomorrow, told the channel he had ``great news''.

“My wife gave birth to two little beautiful girls. It is very exciting,” he said.

But asked whether he would be immediately going to her bedside, he said: “No, no, no, I’ve got a race tomorrow, haven’t I.”

Farah runs tomorrow over two miles at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham, where he could threaten Steve Ovett’s 34-year-old British outdoor record of 8:13.51.

Farah’s agents Pace Sports Management said that Mrs Farah gave birth last night.