Breaking News: Salazar and Mo Farah Split

The Sun has a new article out entitled, "Mo Farah is moving back to London to spend quality time with his family and NOT because he came under pressure to sever ties with Alberto Salazar".

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/4802926/mo-farah-back-to-london-with-family-alberto-salazar-split/

Here is Mo's twitter announcement .

https://twitter.com/Mo_Farah/status/925139862268899329

rojo wrote:

The Sun has a new article out entitled, "Mo Farah is moving back to London to spend quality time with his family and NOT because he came under pressure to sever ties with Alberto Salazar".

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/4802926/mo-farah-back-to-london-with-family-alberto-salazar-split/

Here is Mo's twitter announcement .

https://twitter.com/Mo_Farah/status/925139862268899329

I’m excited to see Mo join Swansea Harriers and tear it up with Dewy Griffiths. I assume that’s what he is doing, because if he going back to the UK to raise his kids there and spend more time with them, then he won’t be away for months training at altitude. Joining Dewy Griffiths in Wales seems like his best UK-based option for success.

Cool statement from Mo on your homepage, rojo, well done:

" If Alberto had crossed the line I would be out the door but USADA (US Anti Doping) has not charged him with anything. If I had ever had any reason to doubt Alberto, I would not have stood by him all this time."

No reason to even doubt Alberto because he hasn't been charged (yet)? Plenty of allegations, but no reason to doubt Alberto. ROFL.

In this context, I can't help it but have to cite Pound on behalf of WADA, May 2013:

"There is no general appetite to undertake the effort and expense of a successful effort to deliver doping-free sport.

There’s this psychological aspect about it: nobody wants to catch anybody. There’s no incentive. Countries are embarrassed if their nationals are caught. And sports are embarrassed if someone from their sport is caught."

Also, this most recent announcement proves that Mo reads the boards.

All this does is makes me question why Radcliffe would want to have any association with this doper. Her integrity looks even more questionable. Are people being protected by the IAAF?

Monaco Conaco wrote:

All this does is makes me question why Radcliffe would want to have any association with this doper. Her integrity looks even more questionable. Are people being protected by the IAAF?

Why do you think Mo is more suspicious than Paula? One with many gold medals, the other one with stellar world records; no positive tests (unless covered up), but ABP violations for both.

I've just combined two large threads into 1 so feel free to go back and read what yu've missed.

Insider tip: Before starting a thread, hit control F and search to make sure there isn't a thread on the same topic. This is like the 5th time I've merged a thread into this thread.

The documentation for the 'infusions' before London were 'lost' so we will never know how much was used, very convenient. The medicalisation of our sport by the likes of Salazar, UKA and Radcliffe (Actovegin etc...) just makes me sceptical about the sport and the ex athletes now running the sport.

Actovegin!!!!!!! wrote:

The documentation for the 'infusions' before London were 'lost' so we will never know how much was used, very convenient. The medicalisation of our sport by the likes of Salazar, UKA and Radcliffe (Actovegin etc...) just makes me sceptical about the sport and the ex athletes now running the sport.

Team SKY cycling team were investigated for systemic team doping by the British government but sadly the team SKY doctor lost his labtop containing all of the medical files for the entire team on a Greek island somewhere. Did anyone find it? It could be most helpful to the investigation if they did...

Actovegin!!!!!!! wrote:

The documentation for the 'infusions' before London were 'lost' so we will never know how much was used, very convenient. The medicalisation of our sport by the likes of Salazar, UKA and Radcliffe (Actovegin etc...) just makes me sceptical about the sport and the ex athletes now running the sport.

Well, with at least half of the athletes being cheats (Thuringen study) and 1% being caught, 98% of the dopers got away. Ratcliffe and Mo aren't the only ones.

I'm more saddened for Lough and Radcliffe. She made strong claims to be anti-doping. I feel like this tarnishes her legacy some to take on such a suspicious guy like Farah. Good for them wanting to help Farah improve his image right before he retires, but I don't think it will help Radcliffe any.

Good for Lough getting another big gig.

Doping or not the only reason is to come back to UK. Otherwise he could just get another American coach.

Bad luck, you'll have to go back to Kenya to bolster your distance squad!

Trump2020OP-the real one wrote:

A self deporting limey. We need more of this.

MAGA

jesus, give me a break. this has nothing to do with your twisted view of the world.

we need less of you, that's what we need.

So he's finally admitted that he and NOP have parted company. This was kind of known about for months however, they didn't want to make a big fuss and cause additional reputational damage (if that was possible) to the NOP.

Regardless of the reason it doesn't change the fact there's too much smoke surrounding Salazar.

no evidence wrote:

xcvxcvxcv wrote:

Because Paula's coach could not possibly be involved in doping.

That explains why Gary aka rekrunnr is so active again on letsrun.

There's no way that rekrunner is Gary Lough. Though, I suppose that anything is possible in this day and age.

So a high profile figure on the IAAF anti doping panel's husband is now coaching an athlete at the centre of a long running drug investigation regarding his previous coach. Seriously you could not make this up! The common denominator in all of this is Nike and their overbearing presence in the sport.

It is axiomatic that when you begin a statement denying something is the cause of you breaking ties with a person or group, that something IS in fact the cause of you breaking ties with that person or group.

Bizarre!!! wrote:

So a high profile figure on the IAAF anti doping panel's husband is now coaching an athlete at the centre of a long running drug investigation regarding his previous coach. Seriously you could not make this up! The common denominator in all of this is Nike and their overbearing presence in the sport.

The conclusion is that cheating is allowed for some people. It does not bother Mo that Salazar is Dirty otherwise he would have left years ago! Or Mo is also dirty!

They are both pathetic.