Mohamed Farah

He's lucky they're allowed to remount in his sport!

He said it's important to make his country proud.

GB have to field foreigners and immigrants because the true British are too lazy to train and would still be in bed at the time of the start do to a booze up the night before!

He's about as British as a Bratwurst Sausage !

British citizen wins Gold.

.....and wiggo

Provided home, work and education for most of him and his family. Gave him his start in athletics. He feels British and pays due reference to the nation for which he competes - in otherwords just the sort of thoroughly integrated individual the racists on here profess to want to encourage.

Yet still they want to put him down.

Just for once, why can't you be pleased that him (and Mo Sbihi) won Gold medals for Team GB, without any political agenda?

Sometimes I get the feeling that there are a lot of CC'ers who get off on emphasising divisions where non really exist.

Feels SO0000000 British that he resides in  Portland Oregon..square that one rtb

Murray lives in Miami

So most of you guys would rather he represented Somalia or the US.....or anywhere else for that matter, as long as it's not Britain...are you lot like this in real life or is it because it seems the right thing to do on CC

He was born in Somalia...he arrived in this country when he was 8 yrs old...still makes him a fcking Somalian..ok.?

British Somaliland was part of the British Empire and means he has every right and duty even to represent Britain.

i might be wrong but he seems to be a very nice person.

Yes but he trains in Portland..blah blah bloody blah

that is very important, we need all the nice people we can get heaven knows.

come on guys now,he seems a good guy who means what he says--superb performance 2

it was terrific.

Yes but he is a Somalian...he has only lived in England for 20 odd years...he is keeping promising Brits from winning medals...the tax payer is keeping him,he trains in Portland blah blah bloody blah

will be forever tainted by his links to alberto salazar.

you only have to look at Mo Farah to know that he does not need anything but natural talent and dedication and a love for running to win olympic gold.
he is a beautiful runner.

You all have missed something. Worse than everything wot you have all revealed about Mohamed (some think that calling him Mo exempts him from being Somalian and many don't know that Mo stands for Mohamed), he adverises those horribel tasteless veggie products!)

Well said Roger.

This forum really is a mirror image of real life. My real life anyway.

I wonder if the type of person making some of the comments above reflect the only types I come across making them in real life? Usually middle aged, bitter, never really reached their full potential but will blame everyone else except themselves.

Take every every every opportunity offered to you, regardless of your start in life.

Farah seems a nice guy but yes he will have that Salazar taint.

He's part of the GB team which is on target to outperform again at an Olympics. In a post Brexit world the country needs even more so to perform on the world stage. Sport as well as commerce. Lottery money well spent.

twizzle22
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Feels SO0000000 British that he resides in  Portland Oregon..square that one rtb

Don't have to.

It's you that's doing the whingeing and wanting to exclude folk on your arbitrary criteria.

I'm just grooving on all the medals that Team GB are winning!

Well said indeed Roger.

So many vile xenophobic, racist and homophobic people on here.

The kind who think the odious Nigel Farage gave them 'freedom' in the referendum.


Really is a depressing place nowadays. Used to be such a laugh as well.

I'm not sure thatr Mohamed will have any backside left the way Radio 5 Live presenters have been licking away!

we can do without the leftist claptrap from Eboue, for all i know roger may have voted Brexit and he is a nice person...and so did i

He's halfway to securing a double Olympic gold medal haul that some of the greatest runners of all time couldn't achieve.

I think he's deserving of a bit of praise.

did Eboue vote remain and if he did would that make him a nice person? not necessarily.

If you wish to compete at the top level in distance running nowadays, there is no substitute for training for a large part of the time at altitude. Oregon happens to be such a place. Historically, quite a few world best times have been achieved there, in fact I believe Ivory Crockett may still hold the record for 100 yards set in Eugene in the mid-70s.

So his preference for living and training in Oregon is easy to understand, the idea that he could achieve the same outcomes training at Crystal Palace or Lea Valley is preposterous.

I can't see that anyone is questioning his achievement, just his nationality. Praise as an athlete-YES, praise as a Brit-NO! And while I am here, Andrew Murray Esq is Scottish when he loses and British when he wins. I, personally hope that the sour faced unpleasant personality will be Scottish after the Olympic final.

i think jed`s making names up now.

He could've been born in the heart of England for me. But I could never get excited about somebody winning a running race.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_Crockett

That's his wiki entry lfc - it doesn't mention the venue for his 100-yard record, you'll just have to take my word for it that it was in Eugene.

I'm pretty sure Eugene isn't at altitude

It is, but not much.

100m lol - a lifelong misconception blown apart. Always refreshing.

but you're right about the reason - Farah is out there because Nike have a special house athletes live in that simulates high altitude

Its the Flag of Convenience and Drug Cheat Games now, Lithuanians rowing for Ireland, Kenyans running for Turkey, Russians speed skaters for Australia (winter olympics), South Africans golfing for Team GB and the largest country in the worlds athletes mostly banned for drug taking this year. Give me re-runs of Bargain Hunt over this. Didn't Morrissey call the opening ceremony at the London Olympics something akin to a 1940's Nazi Rally. Rant over

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanita_Pu%C5%A1pure

Not entirely correct. Sanita has lived in Cork for 10 years and her family is now well settled in Ballincolig.

She moved to Ireland in 2006, as her husband Kaspar got a job at Dublin Airport.

What do the other Irish born rowers watching at home think ? Mo has lived in the US for how many years 6 ? Why doesn't he switch, makes sense.

There are a lot of folk here who probably get their kicks from pissing in the office kettle.

when he retires will he be coming back to live in the UK?

Great Performance and paraded the GB colors with Pride ..

Probably BB. I'd imagine he's more marketable over here.

He would be, certainly. Very few track stars are widely known in America, and they generally have zero interest in any foreign stars..

he loves living here and misses it when in usa,only there coz his coach is there.thats what he told radio 2 last month

^ That would bring a tear to a glass eye, Terry

chris evans was putty in his hands

I'm oddly ambivalent towards such an incredible champion who wears a GB shirt.

I think it's because his events are dominated by East Africans from where he originally hails.

He's British but he's a champion primarily because of his Somalian genes. (What is it with that part of Africa!!?)

We harnessed his talent and gave him the help to succeed which is brilliant.

Galen Rupp's achievements as a white distance runner are truly incredible. He's the only white guy to challenge the East Africans.

Hopefully when he retires he will pass on his great knowledge and hopefully inspire the next generation of british athletes

Hopefully he wont join the great bbc gravy train and prattle on inanely like Foster and Radcliffe are right now on the womens marathon

Galen Rupp's achievements as a white distance runner are truly incredible.

LOL, LOL and LOL again.

Andrew Murray Esq is Scottish when he loses and British when he wins.

More cliched, incorrect, urban myth bo11ocks, but if it helps you through the night.....

rtb...are you the godfather of the forum?..you come across as very sanctimonious in the majority of your postings..just an observation old chap.

Good job I'm not trying to win a popularity contest then

Dont need it to help me through the night when I have Horlicks! I hope this clarifies the matter. ps my memory is not great these days but I am sure that Andrew Murray Esquire, when asked what his favourite football team was, he answered that it was any team that was playing England. Shame the Murray antecedents weren't on the receiving end of Culloden or the Highland Clearances!

It wasn't like that Slicer. He was joking when he said it.

Unfortunately Makybe-Diva to some of the the bigots and racists on here any joke or dig at England should be punishable by being vilified and hated for the rest of their lives irrespective of what is said or achieved later in life. Any comment no matter how derogatory about any other country is perfectly acceptable and even to be encouraged and commended

I agree. I think bigotry and racism is terrible. The racists among other religions who hate Christians and the bigots who won't call Christmas by its title and don't allow Christians to wear crosses at work are despicable. It is a Christian country isn't it! Well it used to be! The Christian ethos that allows persecuted fellow human beings into the country is thanked by bombs and beheadings. Thank you Fife for your support in this matter!Its nice to know that yet another forumite agrees with me and wishes to expose racists and bigots.

Yes Slicer and where does Andy Murray fit in this in your opinion as his gentle jibe seems to have caused you some angst.

No angst- I save that for more important matters, like the 4.00 at Chelmsford. The only comment I shall pass at the moment regarding Andrew Murray Esquire (no doubt soon to be Sir Andrew Murray) is that I very much regret that he is now a gold medal winner yet again.