Sunday, December 30, 2012

Mo Farah, Britain's Olympic gold medalist detained at U.S. airport on terror suspicion

Britain’s Mo Farah wins gold medal in 5000m and the London Olympic Games. PHOTO/Stu Forster/Getty Images

Britain's Mo Farah - the two-time gold medal winner for Great Britain at this past summer's Olympic games was traveling in Oregon and was detained and questioned by U.S. Customs officials after they noticed his Somali ancestry.

"I couldn’t believe it," Farah said. "Because of my Somali origin, I get detained every time I come through US Customs. This time I even got my medals out

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