The story of Mo Farah it has always been extraordinary. Now she becomes even more so. Now that the four-time Olympic middle distance champion has talked about what really happened in his childhood, how he arrived in the country of which he is now a national glory. The Queen made it Sir five years ago for his sporting glory: dozens of medals among which the four Olympic golds in London 2012 and Rio 2016 in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters stand out.
He was already considered a symbol, a child who came from Somalia as a refugee he became a sports star. History, he revealed today, is very different. He did not rejoin his family, he was sold to a Somali family living in England. The story of his father, a computer consultant born and raised in London, who had temporarily moved to Somalia, where he had married, and then returned to Great Britain was not true.
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Mohamed, for all Mo, Farah is not his real name. His name is Hussein Abdi Karim. His father was a Somali farmer killed in the civil war. Her mother, who still lives in Somaliland with two brothers, then sent her son to relatives in Djibouti. They sold him when he was 9, taken away by a woman he didn’t know and allegedly gave him a fake passport to illegally arrive in the UK. Here he made him a servant for his family by tearing up the sheet he had with the contacts of his real relatives and his mother. “I didn’t have to say anything because otherwise they would have hurt my family.” This was the threat.
Salvation came through school by confiding in a professor when, at 12, he was sent to school. Sarah Rennie, who was his tutor, told the BBC that he had arrived at school with very little English and those who should have been his parents never showed up. He was an insane child, emotionally and culturally. The way out was sport, running, the only language he understood. From there, the transition to a new foster family from social services and the arrival of citizenship with the false name to start making international competitions.
Mo Farah himself decided to tell his entire story in a documentary for the BBC, also to show the story of many and how, starting from very difficult situations, we can get to success. He chose to tell the truth although there could be consequences given the illegal traits of his entry into the country and obtaining citizenship. The British government has already made it known that he will not take action and the title of SIR should also remain with him.
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Source: Vanity Fair
