Sports Illustrated Weekly

Mo Farah Reveals He Was Trafficked as a Child

On the eve of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, one of Track &amp; Field's best-loved stars, <a href="https://twitter.com/Mo_Farah">Sir Mo Farah</a>, revealed a secret which upended everything we thought we knew about his life. Producer <a href="https://twitter.com/yarmosky">Jessica Yarmosky</a> relays the story he tells in a BBC documentary <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001977f">The Real Mo Farah</a> and speaks to 1500-meter champion <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jakeswightman">Jake Wightman</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/sundersays">Sunder Katwala</a> of <a href="https://www.britishfuture.org/">British Future</a> about what this revelation means for running, Britain, and Farah's legend. Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/podcasts_si">@podcasts_si</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/yarmosky">Jessica @Yarmosky</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnGonzalez">@JohnGonzalez</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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