Farah set for 'Little Beirut'

Double European champion Mo Farah in order to boost his chances of Olympic glory in London now decided to shift to a city nicknamed "Little Beirut".

Last summer in Barcelona Farah was able to grab a historic double in the 5,000 and 10,000 metresand went on to break David Moorcroft's 28-year-old British 5,000m record for good measure.

"Last year was a great year for me, but if I'm ever going to get close to a medal in a world championships or Olympics in 2012 something needed to change a little bit," Farah said.

"Alberto is someone who I have always seen as a great coach and looked up to. He's coached many of the great athletes, he was a great athlete himself. I've met him a couple of times and got on very well with him and I believe he can just make that 1-2% difference to get close to a medal.

"It hasn't been an easy decision and I guess you might ask why change something when everything's going so well...that 1-2% could be a medal, that could be gold or silver.

"Alan Storey has helped me so much. I finished sixth and seventh in the World Championships (in 2007 and 2009 respectively) and he's a great coach, but for me to move forward that little bit I believe Alberto can make that difference.

"I don't want to change too much yet but I think he will introduce me to a lot of different things. I respect him and he's not afraid to do things."