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Mo Farah Relieved President Donald Trump's Executive Order Doesn't Apply To HimPublished by
British officials confirm Farah can return to U.S. Four-time Olympic gold medalist won’t be negatively affected by President Donald Trump’s executive order, can travel to Portland following training camp in Ethiopia By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor
The United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed Sunday that four-time Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah would not be negatively affected by the executive order signed Friday by President Donald Trump. The executive order issued a 90-day travel ban to citizens of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the United States and was instituted to prevent refugee admission into the country for the next 120 days. Farah, who captured gold medals in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics along with the 2013 and 2015 IAAF World Championships, is a Somali-born British citizen. He moved from Somalia to Great Britain at age 8. According to the BBC, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had discussions with the U.S. government and assured British travelers that the executive order would affect dual citizens only if they were attempting to travel to the U.S. from one of the seven aforementioned countries.
Farah is currently training in Ethiopia and had been expected to return in March to Portland, Ore., where he has lived for the past six years, training with Nike Oregon Project and coach Alberto Salazar. A spokesperson for Farah said Sunday, “Mo is relieved that he will be able to return to his family once his training camp concludes.”
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