London 2012 Olympics: Mo Farah signals 5,000m intent Significantly, Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, the Olympic champion and world record-holder, finished well behind in fourth place in 13-01.48, though that was an improvement on his previous outings this season and suggests he is slowly coming back to form after a long-term injury. Kenyan Isaiah Kiplangat Koech went with him and looked as if he might challenge on the final bend, but Farah found an extra gear in the last 60 metres to power away. Koech was second with Galen Rupp, Farah's American training partner, taking third place. There was more good news for Britain in the women's 3,000m steeplechase as Barbara Parker sliced nearly five seconds off Helen Clitheroe's four-year-old UK record with a fourth-place finish in 9 min 24.24 sec. Shara Proctor, the world indoor long jump bronze medallist, was also celebrating as she added three centimetres to her outdoor lifetime best to win with a second-round leap of 6.84m. Her jump, which took the scalp of American two-time world champion Brittney Reese, puts her third on the all-time UK list behind Bev Kinch and Fiona May. Liu Xiang, the Chinese former world and Olympic 110m hurdles champion, continued his hot streak of form with a winning time of 12.87sec which would have equalled the world record had it not been rendered invalid by an illegal 2.4m/s tailwind. American Sanya Richards-Ross, one of Christine Ohuruogu's key Olympic rivals in the 400m, also signalled a return to her best when she posted her fastest time in three years to win in 49.39sec.