Farah pulls out of Birmingham
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Mo Farah pulled out of the Diamond League meeting in Birmingham yesterday, saying he felt 鈥渆motionally and physically drained鈥 after a week in which his coach was caught up in doping allegations.
鈥淭his week has been very stressful and taken a lot out of me,鈥 Farah said in a statement released by organizers. 鈥淚 have not been able to focus properly on today鈥檚 race.鈥
In investigations by ProPublica and the BBC, long-distance running coach Alberto Salazar was accused by his former assistant of using doping practices for his athletes at the Nike Oregon Project.
No doping accusations have been made against Farah, but the world and Olympic 5,000 and 10,000-meter champion from Britain said on Saturday 鈥渕y reputation is getting ruined鈥 because of the claims against Salazar.
鈥淚 want to run well in the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing and have decided it is better for me to go back to the US, seek answers to my questions and get back into training,鈥 Farah, 32, said in the statement yesterday. 鈥淚 apologize to the people who bought tickets to come and watch me race and ask for your understanding at this time.鈥
Somalia-born Farah, who was due to run the 1,500 meters in Birmingham, has said he won鈥檛 be breaking his ties with Salazar because he hasn鈥檛 seen any clear evidence of wrongdoing.
In the story by ProPublica and the BBC, Salazar was accused by his former assistant, Steve Magness, of violating anti-doping rules and encouraging doping by one of his top runners, Galen Rupp. Rupp won the silver medal in the 10,000 at the London Olympics in 2012, finishing behind Farah. Rupp also denies any wrongdoing.
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