Mo Farah will lead Britain's bid for World Championships glory as the star of one of the strongest teams ever to represent the United Kingdom, according to

UK Athletics performance director Neil Black.

Farah will start his World Championship campaign in Moscowon Saturday by trying to win the 10,000 metres title that eluded him in Daegu two years ago when he was beaten by Ethiopia's Ibrahim Jeilan in a tense sprint finish.

Farah will then return to the Luzhniki Stadium, scene of the 1980 Olympic triumphs of legendary Britons Allan Wells, Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Daley Thompson, to defend his world 5,000m title.

If he were to win both, repeating his epic 5,000m and 10,000m double at

last year's Olympics, it would etch Farah's name in the pantheon of longdistance running legends.

Farah's status as Britain's greatest distance runner was cemented when he claimed his two titles in the Olympic Stadium last year, but another double in Moscow would make him only the second man in history, after Kenenisa Bekele, to hold Olympic and world crowns in the 5,000m and 10,000m at the same time.