“He didn’t respond even though that’s his hotel,” four-times Olympic champion Farah told reporters at the London Marathon launch on Wednesday. Farah was so furious that Gebrselassie ignored his repeated texts and calls that he shared the last he sent, that threatened to publicly shame the Ethiopian. Gebrselassie said Farah declined to use a safe box offered to him or give the money to a hotel official for safekeeping. He added that despite a 50 per cent discount on the room rate, Farah failed to pay a service bill of 2,313 pounds ($3,000). A spokesperson for Farah told the BBC late on Wednesday that he was disappointed with Gebrselassie’s statement.

Source: The Star April 25, 2019 21:00 UTC