Mo Farah wants Pele to be the next famous person to do the ‘Mobot’.
Farah went home empty-handed from Sunday’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards despite becoming the first Briton in history to claim Olympic gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres this summer.
The Somalia-born long-distance runner was one of the favourites for the award, but he had to settle for fourth place behind winner Bradley Wiggins, Jessica Ennis and Scotland’s Andy Murray.
Had it been any other year Farah might have expected to win by a landslide.
His determination to win two of the hardest Olympic track events and the famous ‘Mobot’ celebration which accompanied both his victories made him a popular, iconic figure of London 2012.
Usain Bolt, Lennox Lewis and Boris Johnson are just three of the many people who have attempted the pose and Farah now wants the Brazilian great to attempt it too.
“I’d like a football player to do it, someone like Pele,” the 29-year-old said. “I would probably like to see someone like Pele do it. That would be good.”
Farah, who was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, is looking to quickly forget about his double-gold triumph and start planning for 2016.
He said: “As an athlete you have to forget about what you have achieved and you have got to move on.”