“Farah, who won a 5,000m and 10,000m double at London 2012, was detained for questioning after the US border force saw he was born in Somalia. The 29 year-old came over to Britain with his English-born father as a child and is one of the most famous athletes in the world, but this did not stop judicious officials from grilling him at the border. Farah moved to Portland last year to work with his coach Alberto Salazar at Nike’s HQ in the Pacific Northwest and was travelling back to spend Christmas with his wife and children. And even presenting his two gold medals to the officials did not help his cause.”
Related posts:
Americans in Canada can face complex tax situation
U.S. decision delayed on easing gadget use on airplanes
Anger after Bill Gates gives £6m to British lab to develop GM crops
Iraq unearths 1,400-year-old gold coins
Ireland's first bitcoin ATM opens for business in Dublin city centre
Police summoned, multiple schools locked down after man spotted carrying umbrella
Alberta Energy Minister Ken Hughes says province looking to tap U.S. military personnel to help deve...
Bloomberg’s Public Housing Fingerprinting Idea Stuns, Infuriates Residents
Indian cartoonist held on sedition charges
Television set injuries on the rise in the U.S.
Former CEO reveals Blackwater worked as ‘virtual extension of the CIA’
West Virginia residents sickened after exposure to 'safe' water
After IRS Targeting, Now The Gibson Guitar Raids Make Sense
Children are one of the 'War on Drugs' casualties
Bakken flaring burns more than $100 million a month