Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child

The same way he conned his way to earning the gold medals over 5 &10k on track.

Never a truthful guy. A Dopper. A liar.

Rojo needs to check the comments underneath the Daily Mail article, the top voted ones calling for him to be stripped of his citizenship etc.

Mo seems to serve two contradictory purposes for Americans. Firstly, he 'proves' that 'all Brits are dirty'. Secondly, he 'proves' that East Africans have a 'genetic advantage'.

Dm is home for our worst racists and bigots. Plus xenophobic brexiteers.

I am happy that I wake up every day free of the racist anger of Coevett. If that truely was the worst you have read Rojo (first of all you should read this forum more) then you should sort out the rest of the comments here.

Imagine thinking your sob story of doing chores for your dad is the same as being in a foreign country, not knowing the language, and having to work under the threat of not seeing your parents again. Delusional.

This is disgraceful. Seriously - take some time away from the internet and really think about what type of person you want to be.

The first part is not objectionable, so calm down.

There isn't the constant battle between black and white people in the UK that seems prevalent in the US.

Anyone who has made a false statement on their visa application has potentially committed fraud and can be stripped of their citizenship. In any country. It is a standard administrative rule. The rules are there and apply to everyone. However, the Home Office today has confirmed that no action will be taken against Mo Farah and that he will not be stripped of his citizenship. Far quicker action than for any other person. The administrative procedures are there to stop this happening to other people. Obviously, no system is infallible.

After being trafficked, Mo has been treated well by the UK. He was "rescued" as a child by a caring teacher who then encouraged his athletics career and has been given opportunities not available to many.

The British team is full of black athletes and athletes from other racial backgrounds. No-one honestly notices. Jodie Williams will disagree, but her treatment has been roundly condemned.

Mo Farah is unpopular amongst some because he is constantly pushed by the BBC as being part of their "woke" agenda and is allowed to get away with conduct that would result in disciplinary action amongst other athletes. He also has never been required to do the community work that seemingly forms part of every other funded athletes' programmes. Mo is never to be found supporting grass roots athletes or encouraging children in schools to engage with sport; but he is to be found in newspaper headlines for non-running related matters. He does seem to seek out publicity and I think many people feel he is somewhat narcissistic and more interested in headlines and drawing attention to himself than anything else. Therefore, some may greet the latest headline with rolled eyes and wonder if its more about Mo cashing in to boost a declining career than a genuine concern. There seems little point in publicising it otherwise - its not from the perspective that he is raising awareness of the issue to help others who might be in the same situation.

Being a psychologist, I find it fairly evident that Mo displays some form of pd and this may make his behaviour seem odd or erratic to some. I wouldn't dream of diagnosing him on the internet but the fact that he is not universally popular (and he is still extremely popular) in the UK is probably due to him displaying traits of behavioural issues. Those same people would react in exactly the same way to a white British male and indeed in the case of the BBC, etc would probably not give him anywhere near the same level of coverage or sympathy.

Some awful stuff he went though. Being taken to a strange country, not speaking the language, living with people you don't know, looking after other children as an 8 or 9 year old and not going to school until 12 years of age. Then being taken away from the people you were living with and placed with a foster family as teachers reported you were not being looked after properly. His sports teacher and foster family seem to be confirming his story. Some pretty sickening responses on here considering all of that.

Clearly he had a tough time of it. However, it would help if some aspects of the story were cleared up to stop silly conspiracy theories. It doesn't seem like we have the full story. There may be reasons for that like him wanting to protect people but I don't understand why other members of his family are called Farah if he had his name changed when he came here. His brother living in Somalia is also called Farah and his cousin who was a promising footballer a few years ago and lives in the UK is called Younis Farah. Who were the family he lived with before he left Somalia after being separated from his mother and who were the family in the UK he lived with? Did any of these people know each other or were they related in some way? How did he find his mother and brother later in his life? Probably will all come out in the wash. Also seems strange none of this was included in his autobiography but maybe he was again protecting people and worried about immigration status etc.

Definitely man.

Rake the leaves. Clean your room. Flee an active war zone. Forced into indentured servitude at 6 years old. I see no difference between the four. You and Mo are basically the same person!

And yet you are diagnosing him on the internet.

He has charisma, you call it a personality disorder. So basically you're a quack who felt the need to abuse him anonymously online.

UK showing again that they don’t deserve Mo.

Wow! Just read about this. What an incredible story. Good that he is speaking about it now. Incredible what went through and then to have the success and accolades he achieved.

I know you, don't I? Likes a pint of real ale, takes people as they are, say what you like but like what you say. You just talk common sense, really. Rules are rules, the law doesn't discriminate, can't see the problem if everyone in a position of power is a white man, maybe they were just the best people for the job. Can't understand why women have so many tattoos these days or why people like Drag Race. Don't worry, mate, we've heard all your original thoughts already. Glad you found time to post between your tantrums over Boris Johnson losing his job.

The comments section under an article is where you go to get guidance as to the rights and wrongs of the world? Might as well just default to the loons that post here on letsrun.

I wasn't getting guidance, I was pointing out to Rojo that my opinion on Mo Farah is probably the majority one in the UK, or at least it's shared by millions of others.

Respect to Mo.

Could someone explain me how paying someone USD 500 to take their kid to the UK should give him a better life? Did the parents think that they would just care for him there? Or was the chores/job he had to do in the house as expected- as long as he got away from the civil war? (I mean I can follow the logic here, I am just curious).

This made be chuckle. Thanks mate.

Outside of the likes of Rowan Atkinson and Betty White, who the hell is universally popular? Having most people like you, and not everyone like you, is a problem and it must mean you have behavioral issues? Alisson Felix is not universally liked. Usain Bolt is not universally liked. They must have problems, right? Behavioral issues, correct? "Allison is a goody two-shoes and this shtick about her being mother is tired and overplayed" Bolt is a show-off and he must be doping." Honestly, your entire post is ridiculous. You claiming to be a psychologist, whether is true or not, is a sad attempt to salvage credibility and even sadder attempt at giving your opinion more weight.

Your opinion on Farah is the majority one? The daily mail is a racist right wing rag I wouldn't wipe my ass with. Farah is very popular with most of the population. The majority of the population want Farah to have his citizenship taken away like you do so a white man gets his British record back? Absolutely deluded.