Mo Farah back on track after being forced to defend himself due to a serious scandal.
Appearing in public for the first time since he denied ever using drugs that would increase his performance, the London 2012Olympics hero said he was feeling good.
The 5,000m and 10,000m gold medal winner, 32, trained with a new partner watched by Barry Fudge of UK athletics, who is reporting his progress to Mo’s scandal-hit US coach Alberto Salazar.
Salazar is being probed over claims he put Farah’s training partner Galen Rupp on testosterone from the age of 16 – which both men strenuously deny.
Farah was made to speak out to defend himself after it emerged he missed two drugs tests several years ago.But yesterday he hailed his well-wishers, saying he was “focused” as he started training before returning to racing next month.
Fudge, who is the head of endurance for UK Athletics, said: “Mo is in very good spirits and he has enjoyed a good workout today.”
Trainer Claude Guellem, who was working with Farah in the French Pyrenees, said:
“He is good and he ishappy. He likes training and athletics.“We speak to him all the time. I know Mo Farah and I think he is clean.”
Topless in sunglasses and red shorts, the £2million-a-year athlete was put through his paces in a high-altitude session at the Font-Romeumountain camp as part of his training for the Monaco Diamond League meeting next month.Training hardIt came as ex British Olympian Derek Redmond warned Farah may be seen as “guilty by association” if claims against Salazar are proved.Redmond said:
“If they prove you guilty, you’re bang to rights and that’s fair enough, but proving yourself innocent is nigh on impossible. Mud sticks regardless of the truth, and that’s not fair for those who play by the rules. And I believe Mo is one of them.”
Farah missed two consecutive drugs tests, in 2010 and 2011. He claimed he did not hear testers ringing his doorbell while he was at the top of his three-storey home in Teddington, south-west London.
He got under pressure after UK anti-doping chiefs said it was not common for an athlete to miss two consecutive tests.He wrote on Facebook this week:“I’ve never taken performance-enhancing drugs and I never will. I have taken hundreds of drugs tests and every one has been negative. I’ve fully explained the only two tests that I have ever missed, which the authorities understood, and there was never any suggestion that these were anything more than simple mistakes.”
Farah excluded himself from Birmingham Grand Prix this month, “physically and emotionally drained” over the claims.
Source : Mirror
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