Four-time olympic champion, Mo Farah, has once again appeared in the spotlight. This time, it is regarding his 2014 Injection allegation which led to the banning of his coach, Alberto Salazar for four years.
The issue came up once more as a result of a documentary whcih was released on BBC Panaroma, which shows that Mo Farah changed his account, regarding the injection incident.
According to the documentary, Mo Farah was interviewd by theĀ US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) in 2015, as part of its probe into his former coach, Alberto Salazar. In the interview, which transcripts from it were captured in the documentary, Farah was asked if he was injected with L-carnitine, a closely regulated performance-enchancing supplement, before the 2014 London Marathon.
Mo Farah denied being administered with the supplement during the interview, according to the transcript. However, the documentary further reports that Mo Farah left the room and spoke with the UK Athleticsā head of distance running, Barry Fudge, and then returned to the room when the investigators were about to leave, and finally admitted that he had been injected with the supplemnt, before the 2014 London Marathon.
To this effect, the UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has stated that they would accomodate any new findings uncovered by the Panorama investigation into Farahās banned former coach Salazar.
