Mo Farah

[Steve1956]

Drug cheat or exceptional athlete....

[Burnley1989]

Exceptional Athlete

[joey13]

Exceptional drugs cheat

[Steve1956]

He must have cheated !

[spadesclaret]

He must have cheated !

Explain

[Steve1956]

Explain

Salazar was his coach,he was filling all his athletes with enhancing performance drugs did he not give Mo any ?

[AlargeClaret]

Farah is far too thick to know what Salazar was upto and if at anytime he took on the more exotic methods I very much doubt he did it purposely or knowingly .Though that doesn’t mean he didn’t

[Burnley1989]

Salazar was his coach,he was filling all his athletes with enhancing performance drugs did he not give Mo any ?

Not convinced that would stand up in court

[Steve1956]

Not convinced that would stand up in court

Looks pretty straight forward to me.

[Alanstevensonsgloves]

Salazar was his coach,he was filling all his athletes with enhancing performance drugs did he not give Mo any ?

Mo said 'No I don't think so. Have you heard of the I.A....A.F?'

[Cleveleys_claret]

Dont get me started on Mo again

[Bosscat]

Not convinced that would stand up in court

Take Viagra ... It would stand up in court then

[Bosscat]

Looks pretty straight forward to me.

It was after the viagra ... very straight forward

[Untinted Glasses]

A proven doper took an average athlete at best and made him into a world champion, the ops question is not worthy of an answer imo.

I imagine back in the day, at the time of the Lance Armstrong findings, they would probably have been a thread on here about that to.

[kentonclaret]

Allegations of drug taking have dogged the Tour de France since 1903 long before Lance Armstrong took part in the race.

Many of the past winners openly admitted that they would not have completed the race except for taking a cocktail of drugs and stimulants.

[Firthy]

Salazar was his coach,he was filling all his athletes with enhancing performance drugs did he not give Mo any ?

Did Mo fail any drug tests ?? or was he exempt from drug tests. Guess we'll never know the answer now.

[Winstonswhite]

Did Mo fail any drug tests ?? or was he exempt from drug tests. Guess we'll never know the answer now.

He’s still competing and I’m pretty sure still being drug tested.

[Spijed]

He’s still competing and I’m pretty sure still being drug tested.

And he's got form for missing drugs tests as well:
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[NottsClaret]

Got to say, it does look dodgy. Missing drug tests, going from an also-ran to the world's best, pretty much from the moment he hooked up with a doping trainer.

If Mo was Russian we'd be laughing about how blatant it is.

[Imploding Turtle]

Got to say, it does look dodgy. Missing drug tests, going from an also-ran to the world's best, pretty much from the moment he hooked up with a doping trainer.

If Mo was Russian we'd be laughing about how blatant it is.

An also-ran who won gold medals at the European championships in 2010 in the 5,000m and 10,000m events, before he took on Salazar in 2011.

[Buxtonclaret]

An also-ran who won gold medals at the European championships in 2010 in the 5,000m and 10,000m events, before he took on Salazar in 2011.

Just what average athletes do.

[Imploding Turtle]

Just what average athletes do.

I actually remember the BBC news report on it. Moira Stewart reported it on the 6 O'Clock news and she said "Athlete Chris Thompson for Great Britain finished 2nd in the 10,000 meters to earn Britain a silver medal at the European Athletic Championships in Barcelona, finishing ahead of Daniele Meucci of Italy in a photo finish. Britain's Mo Farah also-ran, and won.
The 428th highland games began today in Edinburgh and there was an early shock in the Caber toss event..." I forget the rest.

[NottsClaret]

I hope he hasn’t been doping. It would be sad. Just saying I wouldn’t be surprised.

He was a sort of national, possibly European level runner until he was about 24. Then after some training camp abroad he comes back as an unbeatable superstar, smashing his own personal bests and winning golds at world level.

Probably just a really good training camp to be fair, we should send our lads there next summer.

[bfcjg]

Get his stamina eating quorm.

[Steve1956]

I hope he hasn’t been doping. It would be sad. Just saying I wouldn’t be surprised.

He was a sort of national, possibly European level runner until he was about 24. Then after some training camp abroad he comes back as an unbeatable superstar, smashing his own personal bests and winning golds at world level.

Probably just a really good training camp to be fair, we should send our lads there next summer.

Your last paragraph is very very naive to say the least,or was it tongue in cheek

[Bosscat]

Get his stamina eating quorm.

Quorms are not very good for you

[AlargeClaret]

Farah was never an also ran, anyone who wins repeated English schools titles has huge natural ability , its the path of your Coe’s Crams, Ovett’s et al . Like most natural athletes in any sport there’s a time when they either decide to work that natural ability or cruise . Despite IT’s fantasy recollections, MF was always well respected and “on the scene “ and very well known in athletics before he really hit the big time .Did he cheat ? quite possibly , is he 100% clean quite possibly

[Imploding Turtle]

I hope he hasn’t been doping. It would be sad. Just saying I wouldn’t be surprised.

He was a sort of national, possibly European level runner until he was about 24. Then after some training camp abroad he comes back as an unbeatable superstar, smashing his own personal bests and winning golds at world level.

Probably just a really good training camp to be fair, we should send our lads there next summer.

That "some training camp" included the world #1 10,000m runner. And by "comes back as an unbeatable superstar" you mean spent the next 4 years improving to the point he eventually wins his first European Championships gold medals in 2010.

I don't know why you're being so dishonest about the facts of his career, all I know is that you are.

[Imploding Turtle]

Farah was never an also ran, anyone who wins repeated English schools titles has huge natural ability , its the path of your Coe’s Crams, Ovett’s et al . Like most natural athletes in any sport there’s a time when they either decide to work that natural ability or cruise . Despite IT’s fantasy recollections, MF was always well respected and “on the scene “ and very well known in athletics before he really hit the big time .Did he cheat ? quite possibly , is he 100% clean quite possibly

Fantasy recollections? They're ******* facts.

[DCWat]

Bet he’s not “Dyche Fit”

[Spijed]

Bradley Wiggins retired from cycling fairly quickly after he'd won the Tour De France.

His asthma must have been too much!

[Darnhill Claret]

Yeah, about 3 years later wasn’t it?

[Darnhill Claret]

So talk to me about Daley Thompson, Coe, Ovett, our track cyclists, Adam Peaty. Any athlete who sets a new personal best. Any athlete who improves after his/her 24th birthday. Any medal winner who competed at a previous championship but didn’t win a medal.