Mo Farah is the latest British athlete to face scrutiny over his use of so-called therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) after his confidential medical data was leaked online. Farah, the double gold medallist at the 2016 Olympic Games, is one of eight more British athletes who competed in Rio de Janeiro whose records were released on Monday by the Fancy Bears hacking group, believed to have links to Russia. There were no surprises in the leak of Farah’s data, which confirmed that he had been granted two TUEs over the past eight years. I just take it before exercise.”That tallies with the records released by the Fancy Bears group. However, the Fancy Bears revelations have stimulated a new round of debate over the grey areas in the use of TUEs to allow athletes with medical conditions to take otherwise banned substances.

Source: The Guardian September 19, 2016 14:03 UTC