Getting Mo Farah back on the track and doing great things again is key to the healing process, say Ed Warner

Getting Mo Farah back on the track and doing great things again is key to the healing process, say Ed Warner

London Evening Standard

UK Athletics chief on the challenges facing British Olympic champion amid the doping storm surrounding his coach



Ed Warner, the chairman of UK Athletics, has had a traumatic week. The doping allegations surrounding the coach of his most iconic athlete, Mo Farah, sent shockwaves throughout sport.



BBC’s Panorama alleges that Alberto Salazar had provided testosterone to one of his athletes, Galen Rupp, in 2002 when the Olympic silver medallist was just 16.



There is no suggestion that Britain’s double Olympic champion is involved but a distraught Farah withdrew from last Sunday’s prestige Birmingham Grand Prix and flew back to Oregon to confront his coach.



Despite the storm, Warner is calm as we talk on the lawn of his London club. He is, however, fully aware of the long-term effect of these allegations.