Olympic Champion Mo Farah Says He Was Trafficked to U.K. as a Child

Farah, a distance runner, won two gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics, in the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter races. He successfully repeated as champion in both races four years later at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, winning gold despite a dramatic fall halfway through the 10,000.

Farah was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2017.

He has competed in major marathons since briefly retiring from competitive track and field in 2017, and set a national record after winning the 2018 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2 hours 5 minutes 11 seconds.

Farah recently announced that he will run this year’s London Marathon on Oct. 2, his first marathon since 2019.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/11/sports/olympics/mo-farah-illegal-trafficking.html