Mo Farah, the runner that let this great nation believe the Olympic 10,000 metre champion is one of the greatest athletes in this nation that fateful Saturday that also saw Rutherford and Ennis-Hill win medals in London.
Those two medals won were incredible, but since then Farah’s coach Alberto Salazar has been caught up in a doping scandal and although originally there was little to suggest the British star had been doping it has now emerged the middle distance champion missed two drugs tests prior to his triumph at the Olympic Games in 2012.
Mo Farah following one of his victories at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The first missed test by the 32 year old was in 2010 the year before he joined Salazar at the Oregon Project. The second test came the year he joined Salazar, the doping agency turned up at Farah’s home and he claims to have missed the test by not hearing the doorbell. Mo Farah seems to have some questions to field following the fallout of the Panorama documentary ‘Catch Me If You Can’ which revealed the findings on Salazar.
Salazar’s most serious doping allegation was related to Farah’s training partner, Galen Rupp who finished 2nd behind Farah in the 10,000 metres at the 2012 games.
Galen Rupp after winning a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Farah did earlier this month pull out of a 1500m race in Birmingham due to being “emotionally and physically drained.” He followed this up claiming he was unhappy his name had been dragged through the mud before the missed drugs tests came to light.
It seems odd that Farah has been so defensive about the drugs testing scandal even though his name was not brought up in the documentary or results. The British runner may have to field some pretty tough criticism in the weeks to come relating to both his continued association with Salazar and the missed drugs tests.
Anabolic steroids can be injected or be used orally.
These findings about the absence at testing prior to the biggest sporting event worldwide may well have wider ramifications for Mo Farah and we are yet to hear the last of the goings on behind closed doors at the Nike Oregon Project.
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