Mo Thread

[Catwhoorg]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/aug/04/doping-hotspot-ethiopia-drug-testing-epo


Article actually mentions Mo by name in this context:

"The findings may raise concern for British Athletics, which holds annual high-altitude training camps in Ethiopia for top athletes, including Mo Farah, who is attempting to do the distance double for a third time at the world championships in London, which begin on Friday."

 

[meat puppet]

That was a disgrace. Salazar gold heist.

 

[Brullnux]

Well done to Sir Mo. He beat off all of those evil doping Africans who teamed up to try to usurp him (and to think, he may have been among them had he not come to the Land of Hope and Glory and seen the light that is British Athletics!). He and his wise mentor Lord Alberto Salazar, who is widely regarded as the most trustworthy and clean of all the coaches, showed them.

Rule Britannia!

 

[hondated]

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Well done to Sir Mo. He beat off all of those evil doping Africans who teamed up to try to usurp him (and to think, he may have been among them had he not come to the Land of Hope and Glory and seen the light that is British Athletics!). He and his wise mentor Lord Alberto Salazar, who is widely regarded as the most trustworthy and clean of all the coaches, showed them.

Rule Britannia!

To quote Richard Wilsons
Character in One foot in the grave.
I don't believe it MF wins 4th GNR !

 

[Robert5091]

He's coming home!
http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/41811637

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has split from coach Alberto Salazar and will return to Britain.
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He will now work with Gary Lough, who previously coached - and is married to - women's marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe.
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In July he defended his record by saying he had "never failed a blood test" after hackers Fancy Bears revealed some of his samples had initially needed further testing, before later being declared normal.

"never failed a test" - sounds familiar!

 

[Wiggo's Package]

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He's coming home!
http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/41811637

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has split from coach Alberto Salazar and will return to Britain.
...
He will now work with Gary Lough, who previously coached - and is married to - women's marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe.
...
In July he defended his record by saying he had "never failed a blood test" after hackers Fancy Bears revealed some of his samples had initially needed further testing, before later being declared normal.

"never failed a test" - sounds familiar!

'Farah said new coach Lough "has an in-depth understanding of what is needed to achieve real results at marathon distance".'

 

[MartinGT]

"I'm not leaving the Nike Oregon Project and Alberto Salazar because of the doping allegations.

"This situation has been going on for over two years, if I was going to leave because of that I would have done.

"If Alberto had crossed the line I would be out the door, but Usada 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."

:lol:

 

[GraftPunk]

Another take: http://www.eurosport.com/athletics/...iar-but-not-unexpected_sto6391555/story.shtml

 

[Brullnux]

Clever, jump ship before it's completely sunk. Too bad his rep has already been tarnished. Now working with Radcliffe's coach/husband. Nice.

 

[yaco]

Is Farah jumping from the frying pan into the fire ?

 

[Wiggo's Package]

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Clever, jump ship before it's completely sunk. Too bad his rep has already been tarnished. Now working with Radcliffe's coach/husband. Nice.

Mo's statement is pure PR BS and only the fanboys and casual observers will be taken in

That Mo has jumped ship now suggests USADA might be about to pull the trigger on Salazar USADA's draft report has been in the public domain for a while now

 

[noddy69]

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Clever, jump ship before it's completely sunk. Too bad his rep has already been tarnished. Now working with Radcliffe's coach/husband. Nice.

It would be nice to see him get caught after the move, the husband implicated which breathes new light into Paula's ridiculous excuses for her abnormal blood values.

 

[Brullnux]

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Is Farah jumping from the frying pan into the fire ?

Radcliffe's husband isn't foreign (and married to one of the darlings of the public and media) so I don't expect any actual investigation into him at any point.

 

[Catwhoorg]

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Is Farah jumping from the frying pan into the fire ?

Radcliffe's husband isn't foreign (and married to one of the darlings of the public and media) so I don't expect any actual investigation into him at any point.

UKAD could do it. They could leap onto it with their full resources right after they finish the Linda McCartney racing team (and the BC/SKY) investigation(s).

 

[yaco]

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Is Farah jumping from the frying pan into the fire ?

Radcliffe's husband isn't foreign (and married to one of the darlings of the public and media) so I don't expect any actual investigation into him at any point.

UKAD could do it. They could leap onto it with their full resources right after they finish the Linda McCartney racing team (and the BC/SKY) investigation(s).

Linda McCarthy team - Statue of Limitations has passed and I hope UKAD don't waste a cent in this case.

 

[Brullnux]

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Is Farah jumping from the frying pan into the fire ?

Radcliffe's husband isn't foreign (and married to one of the darlings of the public and media) so I don't expect any actual investigation into him at any point.

UKAD could do it. They could leap onto it with their full resources right after they finish the Linda McCartney racing team (and the BC/SKY) investigation(s).

I don't think they will. There's no solid evidence, just aasumptions and rumours (strong and based on logic) so it will be hard for UKAD to justify investigating Gary Lough. Farah is up for grabs but Lough and Radcliffe aren't.

 

[noddy69]

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Is Farah jumping from the frying pan into the fire ?

Radcliffe's husband isn't foreign (and married to one of the darlings of the public and media) so I don't expect any actual investigation into him at any point.

UKAD could do it. They could leap onto it with their full resources right after they finish the Linda McCartney racing team (and the BC/SKY) investigation(s).

I don't think they will. There's no solid evidence, just aasumptions and rumours (strong and based on logic) so it will be hard for UKAD to justify investigating Gary Lough. Farah is up for grabs but Lough and Radcliffe aren't.

Unless of course Farah gets caught while training with Lough which opens up those two for proper scrutiny.

 

[Wiggo's Package]

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Matt Lawton's take...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-5037191/Mo-Farah-s-decision-swap-coaches-causing-scepticism.html

"Mo Farah's decision to split from Alberto Salazar and make Gary Lough his new head coach was met with a fair amount of scepticism across athletics on Tuesday. Farah's PR team insist there is now a clear separation between the four-times Olympic champion and Salazar, the American coach who is still at the centre of an investigation by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. A report in a newspaper in Oregon, by a journalist considered very much a Salazar ally, claimed the former marathon champion had offered to continue advising Farah... there is a widely held view that, much like UKA head of endurance Barry Fudge, [Lough] will be doing little more than holding a stopwatch while Farah continues to follow a Salazar-designed training programme"

"Pressure was also applied by Virgin London Marathon bosses to split from Salazar during negotiations with Farah about running in their race for the next two years...a UK Athletics representative asked Farah to drop Salazar as his coach in June. On Tuesday, sources insisted the motivation was as much about protecting the Virgin London Marathon brand as any desire to have Salazar off the scene"

"The move to work with Lough, who UK Athletics confirmed on Tuesday is not on their database as a qualified coach but has been a consultant for their endurance team, goes beyond Farah's decision to return from Oregon to live with his family in London... Those inside the sport are also perplexed by the choice of Lough, even though he played a part in his wife Paula Radcliffe's success as a world-record holding marathon runner. It is well known in athletics circles that the relationship between Radcliffe and Farah has been strained in recent years, apparently because Radcliffe was critical of Farah when he was paid handsomely for running only half the London Marathon in 2013. Farah said he was splitting with Salazar because he cannot coach him in London when he lives in the US... Lough lives with his wife in Monaco."

 

[noddy69]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2017/nov/14/its-been-incredible-says-sir-mo-farah-on-receiving-knighthood-from-queen-video

Was expected...

 

[Brullnux]

Our good friend sir mo at it again, a british record in the unusually warm London Marathon, coming third. Salazar working his magic again

 

[More Strides than Rides]

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Our good friend sir mo at it again, a british record in the unusually warm London Marathon, coming third. Salazar working his magic again

He's not with Salazar. Temps were warmer, not warm. Missed out on the European record set by a white Swiss guy a few months ago.

If you want to sensationalize, talk about an opening half in 61:00. Talk about him being coached by Paula Radcliffe's husband.

 

[thehog]

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Our good friend sir mo at it again, a british record in the unusually warm London Marathon, coming third. Salazar working his magic again

He's not with Salazar. Temps were warmer, not warm. Missed out on the European record set by a white Swiss guy a few months ago.

If you want to sensationalize, talk about an opening half in 61:00. Talk about him being coached by Paula Radcliffe's husband.

Just like Armstrong not working with Ferrari and being coached by Carmichael

 

[meat puppet]

+1 to the analogy. Surely they have broken all ties.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

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Our good friend sir mo at it again, a british record in the unusually warm London Marathon, coming third. Salazar working his magic again

He's not with Salazar. Temps were warmer, not warm. Missed out on the European record set by a white Swiss guy a few months ago.

If you want to sensationalize, talk about an opening half in 61:00. Talk about him being coached by Paula Radcliffe's husband.

Just like Armstrong not working with Ferrari and being coached by Carmichael

I should have added a smiley regarding the coach. Farah is out of the fryer and into the frying pan working with the Radcliffes.

Farah hasn't been working with Salazar for a few years; there are several personnel at NOP (Salazar didn't go to London for Mo's final Championships; I believe Farah was closest to Barry Fudge the last few seasons, although I always thought he was a more techie role than coaching role). Farah had been training among (not necessarily under) Jama Aden and his group during that intermediate time. That much is just fact.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Those arm warmer / compression sleeve things (in the hottest London Marathon on record) are from the Radcliffe playbook right ? "EPO Cheats Out" (transfusers in)