Mo Ahmed from St. Catharines, Ontario has just claimed the silver medal in the men's 5000m at the Tokyo Olympics.

Ahmed finished the race in 12:58.61, less than a second behind Joshua Cheptegei who won the gold.

MOH AHMED - SILVER

He turns on the jets in the last lap and roars to a 2nd place finish in the 5,000m in a time of 12:58.61pic.twitter.com/iwCRcsruXt

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics)August 6, 2021

Fellow Canadian Justyn Knight placed seventh.

Hug it out@Moh_Speed, this is your momentpic.twitter.com/uvoos946jr

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics)August 6, 2021

Ahmed, who previously won bronze at the 2019 World Championships, was one of Canada's medal hopefuls in track and field during the summer games.

Post medal feels@Moh_Speedwins his first Olympic medalpic.twitter.com/QCCE1iGM0P

— Team Canada (@TeamCanada)August 6, 2021

Born in Somalia, Ahmed, moved to Canada at the age of 11 and has been a rising star in Canada since competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

"The future is bright for you baby."

After winning ,@Moh_Speedhad some words for his teammate@justyn_knightwho finished seventh in the 5000m in his first Olympic final ❤️pic.twitter.com/6UVkCpTAQ4

— Team Canada (@TeamCanada)August 6, 2021

Ahmed previously competed in the 10,000m in Tokyo and finished sixth.