Mo Farah has insisted he had frequent blood and urine tests during high‑altitude camps in Kenya and Ethiopia – and has never seen any of the shady practices exposed by Asbel Kiprop after his positive EPO test. However Farah, who trained in Kenya up to 2014 and has subsequently done much of his winter preparations in Ethiopia, said he has been rigorously tested in both countries. “When I was in Ethiopia training for the London marathon I was pretty much tested on average every two weeks, and maybe even more than that,” he said. “It is a fact that other African countries are not doing what we do,” he said. And he insisted that his recent third place in the London marathon had encouraged him to think he could win a medal at next year’s world championships in Doha.

Source: The Guardian May 18, 2018 21:00 UTC