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Andrew Jameson & Peter Diamond

Sir Mo Farah was illegally trafficked into the UK under false name as Olympic legend reveals birth name

Sir Mo Farah was illegally smuggled into the UK as a 9-year-old under another name, according to a new candid BBC documentary called The Real Mo Farah. The four-time Olympic champion revealed his name belongs to another child and he was brought into the UK illegally under it .

In the shocking programmem the famous runner publicly admits for the first time his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin and he entered this country under the name of another child called Mohamed Farah. He said he needs to tell the real story “whatever the cost” as “the truth is I’m not who you think I am”.

The father-of-four, 39, said: “Most people know me as Mo Farah but its not my name or it’s not the reality. The real story is I was born in Somaliland, north of Somalia, as Hussein Abdi Kahin.

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