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Mo Farah
- Thread starter Blues Rock DJ
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His dad was born in Britain as well I believe.
Makes him quite British!
As for living in Portland, I wish more of our sportsman would make those sort of sacrifices to be the best.
Makes him quite British!
As for living in Portland, I wish more of our sportsman would make those sort of sacrifices to be the best.
Anyone prepared to eat Quorn just to raise his profile in Britain should never be doubted.
Given the choice of eating Quorn or a Somali passport:-
waxaan ahay ku whitest Soomaali
Given the choice of eating Quorn or a Somali passport:-
waxaan ahay ku whitest Soomaali
Out of interest Monkey how do you view Bradley Wiggins? British ?
yxee
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I think a person's true nationality should just be a time-weighted average of the geographical coordinates where they happen to be throughout their lives up to this point.
Mo Farah's average is clearly somewhere off the coast of Brittany and he should therefore be officially classified as French.
Mo Farah's average is clearly somewhere off the coast of Brittany and he should therefore be officially classified as French.
Bradley Wiggins is British. It is the UK that the Isle of man is not a part of, not Britain. Its citizens are British.
Edit: Yes, it has now been pointed out that it is mark Cavendish, not Wiggins, who hails from the Isle of Man. My error.
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turienzo's lovechild
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why is the fact that he was born in Somalia make any difference? He moved here as a child and quite clearly considers himself British and is very proud to represent our, and his, nation. You mention accents- Farah clearly has a London accent. As for 'living' in Oregon, that's where he trains. Would you rather he alters his complete training regime to suit you?
I suspect the reason why people go 'overboard' about him is because he's really successful in an event that we're traditionally not that great in and seems like a pretty decent bloke
He was born in Belgium
turienzo's lovechild
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do you mean Cavendish? Wiggins was born in Belgium
Yes, apologies - I was confusing the two of them. Cav. is the Manxman, not Wiggins. Wiggins still British though.
Born in Belgium with an Australian father.
McTavish
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It is racism and xenophobia because you are saying that you don't consider him British because he is black. Nothing matters other than his "Somalian biology".
Being born with his father must have raised a few eyebrows at the time.
turienzo's lovechild
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yes- they were only in belgium due to his fathers cycling career...they moved back to the uk when his father left which was when Bradley was very young. His mother was also English
topbanana36
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Mo Farah has lived in the US since 2011.
Da Man Clay
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turienzo's lovechild
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Casper Ankergren has lived in the UK since 2010
Blues Rock DJ
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Yes. Which is a quarter of the time he lived here for
I rest my case.....
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Didn't realise that about Farah, I take back my earlier comment, he can be considered British then
Mo Farah speaks with a broad London accent and makes no bones about his allegiance to the flag. A thoroughly decent chap who doesn't fall shy of his appreciation for what the sanctity of this country afforded him. I stayed up to watch him. I have no problem considering him as British nor him not turning his back on his Somali roots.
The best thing is the inspiration he gives youngsters to take up athletics. That can only be a good thing.
Blues Rock DJ
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now you're clutching at straws...when did he represent England/GB ?