Saturday, April 27, 2019

UPDATE: British Athletics steps in to back Mo Farah in Gebreselassie dispute

• British Athletics satisfied Farah has not met Aden since 2016
• Ethiopian athlete Sisay Tsegaye says he was ‘kicked in the neck’

The fallout from the extraordinarily public feud between Britain’s most successful athlete, Sir Mo Farah, and the Ethiopian legend Haile Gebrselassie has continued to overshadow the build-up to tomorrow’s London Marathon.

Yesterday the governing body of the sport in the UK, British Athletics, felt obliged to wade into the row on Farah’s behalf while two other athletes took to social media in support of the British stars version of events.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2GKCu6T

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