kite fliar wrote:
You are an IDIOT. Farah made a HUGE improvement after joining NOP. There are a lot of 12:57 runners who cannot even medal, and Farah went from being an also ran with a 12:57 pb to somebody who CANNOT lose in a championship 5000m or 10,000m event. So your last line, "so if he was drugging, then he started before he joined NOP," is proof that you CANNOT think.
Calm down champ. (I am tempted to tell you to "go fly a kite" , but...)
Yes, of course Farah improved a lot under Salazar. But as ALREADY NOTED, Renato had him pegged as future world champ BEFORE going to Salazar. Furthermore, while his accomplishments pre Salazar were not nearly as good as post, he was already showing signs of rapidly improving BEFORE going to Salazar and immediately upon joining Salazar (and no drugs work that quickly)-
Read some of the names he beat and some of the excellent races he had pre- and immediately post Salazar:
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"2009–2010: British records and European champion[edit]
In January 2009, Farah set a new British indoor record in the 3000 metres, breaking John Mayock's record with a time of 7 minutes 40.99 seconds in Glasgow.[28] A few weeks later, he broke his own record by more than six seconds with a time of 7 minutes 34.47 at the UK Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham,[29] a performance which commentator Steve Cram called "the best performance by a male British distance runner for a generation".[30] Farah attributed his good form to a spell of winter training at altitude in Ethiopia and Kenya.[31] In March 2009 he took gold in the 3000 m at the European Indoor Championships in Turin, recording a time of 7 minutes 40.17.[32]
Farah competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics: he was in the leading pack early on in the 5000 metres race and eventually finished seventh – the best by a European runner. After the championships, he scored a victory in his first road competition over 10 miles, winning the Great South Run in 46:25 to become the third fastest Briton in spite of strong winds.[33]
Farah was one of the favourites to upset Serhiy Lebid's dominance at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships.[34] However, Lebid was never in contention as Farah and Alemayehu Bezabeh were some distance ahead throughout the run. Farah was overtaken by Bezabeh in the latter stages of the race, leaving the Briton with a second consecutive silver medal at the competition.[35] He did not manage to attend the medal ceremony, however, as he collapsed immediately after the race and needed medical attention.[36] After a close third place behind Edwin Soi at the BOclassic,[37] Farah competed in the short course race at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country. He was the favourite to win and surged ahead to build a comfortable lead. However, he appeared tired in the latter stages and finished third behind British runners Ricky Stevenson and Steve Vernon. Farah again required post-race medical attention and subsequent tests revealed he had low levels of iron and magnesium. He was prescribed supplements for the condition and his high altitude training plans in Kenya were unaffected.[38]
Farah won the 2010 London 10,000 in late May in a time of 27:44, in the process beating 10K world record holder Micah Kogo.[39] His success continued the following week at the European Cup 10,000 m. There, he improved his track best by nearly 16 seconds, finishing in a time of 27:28.86. Farah won by a margin of over forty seconds ahead of second placed Abdellatif Meftah.[40] After training in Africa, he returned to Europe for the 2010 European Athletics Championships. He took the 10,000 metres gold medal, overtaking Ayad Lamdassem with two laps to go and finishing the race unpressured in a time of 28:24.99. This was Farah's first major title and also the first European gold medal in the event for Great Britain.[41] He then went on to win the 5000 m from Jesus Espana, becoming only the fifth man in the 66-year history of the European Championships to achieve the 5000 m/10,000 m double, and the first for 20 years, following in the footsteps of the Czech Emil Zátopek in 1950, Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak of Poland in 1958, Finland’s Juha Vaatainen in 1971 and Salvatore Antibo, of Italy, in 1990.[42][43]
On 19 August 2010, at a Diamond League meeting in Zürich, Farah ran 5000 m in 12:57.94, breaking David Moorcroft's long-standing British record and becoming the first ever British athlete to run under 13 minutes.[44]
In December 2010, Farah was named track-and-field athlete of the year by the British Olympic Association.[45] He closed the year at the BOclassic and just missed out on the 10 kilometre title, losing to Imane Merga in a sprint finish by 0.2 seconds.[46]
2011: European and British records, and world medals[edit]
2011 was a successful year for Farah, beginning on 8 January at the Edinburgh Cross Country, where he defeated the top four finishers of that year's European Championships to take victory in the long race.[47]
In February 2011, Farah announced that he would be relocating to Portland, Oregon to work with new coach Alberto Salazar, train alongside Galen Rupp, and escape the British tabloids.[3][48] On 19 February 2011 in Birmingham, England, Farah broke the European 5000 m indoor record with a time of 13:10.60, at the same time taking ten seconds off the 29-year-old British indoor record of Nick Rose.[49] On 5 March 2011, he won gold in the 3000 metres at the European Indoor Championships. On 20 March, Farah also won the NYC Half Marathon in a time of 1:00:23, a new British record.[50][51]