Mo Farah not my real name, Olympic champion reveals in BBC documentary

4-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has disclosed he was introduced into Britain illegally from Djibouti below the title of one other youngster.

“The reality is I’m not who you suppose I'm," the 39-year-old Farah advised the BBC in a documentary known as The Actual Mo Farah.

Farah, who turned the primary British observe and area athlete to win 4 Olympic golds, mentioned his kids have motivated him to be truthful about his previous.

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4-time Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah revealed he was dropped at the UK illegally as a toddler and compelled to work as a home servant. (BBC)

“The actual story is I used to be born in Somaliland, north of Somalia, as Hussein Abdi Kahin," he advised the BBC.

"Regardless of what I’ve mentioned previously, my mother and father by no means lived within the UK.

"Once I was 4 my dad was killed within the civil warfare, you recognize as a household we had been torn aside.

"I used to be separated from my mom, and I used to be introduced into the UK illegally below the title of one other youngster known as Mohamed Farah.”

After arriving within the UK, he was pressured to work as a home servant and made to take care of one other household's kids.

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Throughout the documentary, Farah mentioned he thought he was going to Europe to dwell with family members and recalled going via a British passport test below the guise of Mohamed on the age of 9 after touring with a lady he did not beforehand know.

“I had all of the contact particulars for my relative and as soon as we received to her home, the woman took it off me and proper in entrance of me ripped them up and put it within the bin and at that second I knew I used to be in hassle," he mentioned.

Farah mentioned the girl advised him: "For those who ever wanna see your loved ones once more, do not say something."

"Usually I might simply lock myself within the lavatory and cry," he mentioned.

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Within the documentary, Farah (pictured on this picture backside left) admitted his title was stolen from one other youngster and used to create a pretend passport.(BBC)

The Olympic star advised the BBC he was given the title Mohamed Farah by those that flew him over from Djibouti. His actual title is Hussein Abdi Kahin.(BBC)

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The athlete travelled again to his childhood dwelling in west London, recalling “not nice recollections” the place he was not handled as a part of the household.

Farah finally advised trainer Alan Watkinson the reality and moved to dwell along with his good friend’s mum who took care of him and he ended up staying for seven years.

It was Watkinson who utilized for Farah’s British citizenship which he described as a “lengthy course of."

Farah was recognised as a British citizen in 2000.

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