Maraq
As a well known former clean champ in track and field stated in the past that at that level of competition, everyone needs a little boost from science/drugs to win and the difference is some cheats are caught & some who aren't caught become champs. I and these journalists subscribe to that school of thought. Though his coach and some of the athletes he trains were implicated and bustied for doping, Mo is considered clean till someone produces the smoking gun. He shouldn't be whinging, but instead asking them, where is your evidence?
Again you don't know the facts .Sheikh Mohamed Bin Farah asked them for evidence yet they kept writing articles doubting his achievements and printing negative stories about his family .
Like any human being , he became dismayed at the constant questioning at every press conference , even though the allegations were related to his coach ,not him . I think it is only natural for him to react after being pushed into a corner .
Mohamed has a right to critique the media for their treatment towards him . I actually think he is rather courageous to take them on ,as opposed to smiling like a kneegrow and taking praises from the same guyS who tried to destroy his legacy .
The issue and the debate is about the way in which some right -wing papers in the U.K. treat black and minority celebrities . When Linford Christie , a black British athlete , won the 100m in the 90s, one particular paper concentrated on the size of his manhood .........
. likewise , When there was a massive media onslaught against Princes Harry's bi-racial girlfriend , the Prince took it upon himself to write a letter to the media , complaining that some of the articles clearly had " racial undertones " . Is Prince Harry paranoid as well ? Why was Prince William's girl not subjected to such treatment ? Are Sol Campbell and the many athletes who point out the lack of black managers in the premier league , despite the abundance of players , also paranoid ?
There is a wider debate here . I am
glad he has opened this up . And No , he will not smile and be a kneegrow slave , when his family values are attacked , when his professional integrity is questioned without the slightest bit of evidence , why should he ?