Mo Farah questioned by USADA in Salazar probe

Mo Farah of Britain wins the men's 3000m race during the Diamond League athletics meeting. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)

LONDON — Double Olympic champion Mo Farah has been questioned by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency as part of an investigation into allegations surrounding his coach Alberto Salazar.

The Sunday Mirror newspaper said Farah spoke with USADA in a hotel in London on Saturday for five hours. Britain’s Press Association said the meeting was believed to be routine and had been scheduled for some time.

Farah’s questioning came a day after he won the 3,000 metres in a Diamond League meeting at London’s Olympic Stadium.

The BBC aired allegations in June that Salazar, based in the United States, encouraged athletes to break doping rules. The 32-year-old Farah, the Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 gold medallist , was not implicated. Salazar has since published a detailed denial.

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