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Daily Mirror
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Rebecca Calderwood

Inside Mo Farah's harrowing childhood as a servant after he was trafficked to UK

Sir Mo Farah had a difficult childhood before making history as an Olympic hero and becoming one of Britain's most celebrated athletes.

In an upcoming BBC documentary, The Real Mo Farah, the long-distance runner bravely opens up about his harrowing upbringing after being brought the UK illegally as a child at the age of nine.

From there, Sir Mo was forced to work as a domestic servant and changed his name, having previously been born Hussein Abdi Kahin in Somaliland.

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