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The Real Mo Farah
Mo Farah reveals the truth about his childhood, the journey he made to the UK as a young boy, and the subsequent years that led to him winning two gold medals at the 2012 Olympics.
www.bbc.co.uk
I found it to be a really interesting watch. He gets brought over here as a kid and look at the life he's made for himself. He's immersed himself in British life and gave us some brilliant moments (pardon the pun) watching him. I can't imagine what he went through.
I'm just putting it out there will probably be jumped on buttttttt he was separated from his twin for 12 years and lived under a false name. So why is the twins surname also Farah? Anyone else getting Philip Schofield/Mcgreevy vibes from him coming out with it like this? Something in the milk aint clean.
I haven’t seen the documentary yet but have read stuff, I didn’t know he had a twin? the newspaper’s talk tit because the few I read never mentioned a twin and basically said that name was another boys in his village??? its very sad yet odd and he didn’t even tell his wife???
Maybe his brother did that to keep up the pretence, the fact ALOT of people knew about his secret, yet not one spilled makes me think that he is one of the good guys. People could have chosen to make a lot of money off the back of this incredibly sad story. Yet they didn't. Not because of injunctions (like our government or other sports stars), the only reason was respect and love for him.
https://www.archive.is/https://www.dailymail.co.uk
I've not seen the documentary either, but this brother also uses the surname Farah
I've not seen the documentary either, but this brother also uses the surname Farah
If memory serves me right, his twin has come over and watched him race. I always thought his story was odd that his dad only brought him over not his twin. I thought that must be a strange dynamic later in life when he has achieved what he has. Now it makes much much more sense
Britain's Lance Armstrong of the Athletics world.
What a sad sad story irrespective of his glorious achievements.
It’s confusing though isn’t it - the woman who trafficked him decided to replace her actual son with a domestic slave? What’s the original Mo been up to in the intervening years - where’s he been? Did he have another (new) name too?
It’s confusing though isn’t it - the woman who trafficked him decided to replace her actual son with a domestic slave? What’s the original Mo been up to in the intervening years - where’s he been? Did he have another (new) name too?
Absolute nonsense. If he was on substances then he should ask for a refund as he won medals in a poor era of runners but never got anywhere near breaking world records. He was around half a minute off WR pace when he got gold in London.
I haven’t watched the documentary either as i don’t have bbc but hopefully catch up soon.
@Lucyxxxx I read somewhere else that they used farah to cover his backstory - is that not true?
The one thing that struck me is his voice. He sounds incredibly educated and has quite a “well off” London accent from what I remember. How did he get that from his start in the country.
@Lucyxxxx I read somewhere else that they used farah to cover his backstory - is that not true?
The one thing that struck me is his voice. He sounds incredibly educated and has quite a “well off” London accent from what I remember. How did he get that from his start in the country.
If he told his PE teacher, and he told social services who moved him to another family, why was the original family who enslaved him not prosecuted? I find that a bit odd
I assume he wanted to assimilate and so his accent is as is - in the way that people drop their accents when they move places, or mimic what they’re hearing. Maybe when he finally got to go to school. It’s a very West London accent - not the posh bit. Not at all badly spoken, but v un-gentrified W London. Educated, yes - but there’s a tone in there you don’t get in Kensington and Chelsea I tell thee.
I thought it odd no one dealt with the trafficking crime - just got him out and got him his citizenship, the root of the problem not poked too much?
I thought it odd no one dealt with the trafficking crime - just got him out and got him his citizenship, the root of the problem not poked too much?
'If'
Cherry picking certain results won't erase the facts that Farah lied about taking injections, lied to WADA to avoid their testers on multiple occasions, lied about working with EPO kingpin Aden, worked with Salazar at NIKE's US pharmacy.
UKAD won't release his bloods to be independently tested.
He didn't achieve his success with hard work and eating quorn burgers, he was juiced to the gills.
Like with his fellow prolific doper, Usain Bolt, that crook Seb Coe and his corrupt cronies at the IAAF protected their golden gooses at all costs.To these people when money is at stake, morals and sporting integrity go out the window.
We don't know its her son, we only know its the dads son
True!
Everyone’s a cheater. Ok great. Now, child trafficking?
Everyone’s a cheater. Ok great. Now, child trafficking?
Different times, very different times. I live in an area prevalent for modern day slavery, polices recognition of it is very very recent. Essentially people didn't believe it could or would happen, it would "just" be down as a neglect of an unrelated child.
You can argue athletics as a whole is completely unfair. SO much depends what country your born in, and how they fund you. Some have everything thrown at them, others very very little. It is NOT a level playing field.
More so in paralympics
I agree completely. I was a huge athletics fan as a teen but less so as I realised the above. Just seems a shame Mo speaking honestly about this trauma and WHAMMO - cheat cheat cheat.
You say “poor” but that is only compared to others who are the absolute best in the whole of hhistory.
All runners who get to the Olympics are exceptional.
In an anonymous study, 58% of elite track and field athletes admitted to using performance enhancing drugs in the previous year.
PEDs are created faster than tests to detect them can be developed.
Testing is expensive, and athletes only need to be tested a couple of times a year. Anyone who gets caught is an imbecile.
Another favourite trick is to get diagnosed with asthma, then get prescribed extremely harsh steroids which just happen to be performance-enhancing, and are very rarely prescribed for most asthmatics.
They can also get diagnosed with ADHD to receive methylphenidate (Ritalin) which is also performance-enhancing.
This is perfectly within the rules but not in the spirit of fair sport.
What I’m getting at is that cheating is ridiculously, ridiculously common and it would not surprise me in the slightest if Mo was up to something. (I wouldn’t blame him either, if everyone else is doing it, it wouldn’t seem like much of a choice)