The final shortlists for the Golden Tracks European Athlete of the Year and Rising Star awards have been confirmed by European Athletics following the conclusion of voting.

Britain’s Mo Farah matched what was once the unique feat of Finland’s Lasse Viren here as he completed his second successive 5,000 and 10,000 metres double at the Olympics with victory at the shorter distance on a final night here when individual track golds also went, surprisingly, to Matt Centrowitz of the United States in the men’s 1500m and, inevitably, to South Africa’s Caster Semenya in the women’s 800m.

The focus of attention at the European Athletics Championships, due to get underway here tomorrow, has fallen upon an athlete who is due to run for no country - Yuliya Stepanova, the doping cheat turned whistleblower on Russian doping activities, who is on the list for the 800 metres under a neutral flag.