Famous British olympic champion in long-distance running: Farah
He won two Olympic gold medals in long-distance running,
Three-time World Champion,
He is a well-known sports superstar in the UK!
In 2022, he revealed his secret for the first time:
He was once trafficked and became someone else's "domestic slave"!
As soon as this statement came out, the whole Uk was shocked...
01, strange black haired woman
More than twenty years ago, on the barren African continent,
A small country called Somalia continues to suffer from the turmoil of war...
Kasin, an 8-year-old boy, was sent by his mother to a relative's house in Djibouti by his mother, along with his twin brother Hassan.
Stills from the BBC documentary
Cassin vaguely remembers that he has older brothers, sisters, younger siblings, and that although the family is poor, they are very happy.
However, at the age of 4, his father died in the Somali civil war, and the family became fragmented.
Suddenly, one day, a strange dark-haired woman found Cassin,
She smiled and told Cassin that she could take him to England to join relatives.
He then took out a passport with a picture of him on it.
Little Cassin didn't quite understand all this, but felt that the dark-haired woman was amiable, and she held his hand tenderly,
It reminds Cassin of her mother, whom she hasn't seen for a long time...
Curiously, though, the name on the passport was not Kasin's own, but "Farah".
The brunette woman didn't explain why,
Just tell Cassin: from now on you will be called Farah, forget the name "Cassin"...
(For your convenience to read better, In later articles, Cassin will be referred to as Farah)
In this way, the ignorant Farah followed a strange woman to England in a daze.
02, the childhood of being trafficked
Farah still remembers vividly that the brunette woman had taken him to a house in west London.
As soon as I entered the door, the woman's smiling face suddenly changed,
"Remember, you will be called Farah in the future,
If you still want to meet your family, don't leak anything! ”
The woman said coldly.
In front of Farah, she also tore off the note with the contact information of her Somali family...
8-year-old Farah (Cassin)
From this moment on, the young Farah understood,
He was kidnapped! There were no relatives here he was looking for...
Since then, Farah has become a "house slave" in a woman's home.
He had to do heavy housework and take care of the children, and that was four years away!
In order not to attract the attention of the outside world, the brunette woman had to let Farah go to school when he was 12 years old!
However, his childhood encounters made Farah's personality quiet and withdrawn, and he even spoke English.
The only thing that can make the poor child smile is the running in gym class...
He loves to run, and only running can make him relax for a moment.
Only running can make his mind recall some memories of his family when he was a child...
The little boy's strange behavior attracted the attention of physical education teacher Alan.
On the one hand, he was surprised by the boy's excellent long-distance running talent, and on the other hand, he wondered about the child's extremely depressed personality.
Teacher Allen decided to help Farah!
Help him to carry out professional long-distance running training, but also to help him get out of the dark world in his heart...
In the face of the teacher's care, Farah finally opened his heart,
He told the secret that had been hidden in his heart for a few years—
I was trafficked, I'm not called Farah...
03, run out of their own "world"
It was rather shocking news to Alan, but it also perfectly explained all the weirdness of the boy at the moment.
In particular, at that time, Farah had already stood out in the school's long-distance running training,
His talent in sports gradually appeared,
In time, this kid will definitely make a big difference in track and field!
Farah is training in long-distance running
Teacher Allen decided to help Farah now!
He contacted the welfare agency and took Farah from the home of the brunette woman,
A somali immigrant family willing to adopt Farah was found...
The same closeness from Somalia made Farah and the family very harmonious.
However, due to many complicated reasons, Farah can only continue to live under this "pseudonym"!
In 2000, Mr. Allen helped him apply for a British passport, and he became the "Englishman Farah"!
For the next seven years, Farah focused on long-distance running training,
His performance has improved by leaps and bounds, and he has begun to appear in athletics competitions large and small...
In 2012, the United Kingdom hosted the world-renowned London Olympic Games.
Amid the tsunami-like shouts of thousands of spectators,
The men's 5,000m and 10,000m races ushered in the same king!
This Englishman named Farah, a blockbuster, won two Olympic gold medals!
At the moment of crossing the finish line, Farah flew like a bird with open arms,
"Farah! Farah! The audience chanted the name, he is the world champion!
4 years later, this legendary man once again replicated the miracle of mankind,
At the Rio Olympics he won both the 5,000m and 10,000m!
During this period, Farah has become the "king" of middle and long-distance running.
He won a total of 4 Olympic gold medals and 6 world championship gold medals.
No one can shake it – Farah's status as the king of long-distance running!
In 2017, for his outstanding sporting contribution to the UK, Farah was awarded the Knight's Medal by the Queen of England,
The Queen of England awarded Farah the Order
Farah is no longer the cowardly and lonely little boy he once was.
He became a household name in the UK and the world...
04, my name is Cassin
However, everything that seems to be bright and beautiful, Farah's heart is often faintly painful...
In fact, in the second year after he obtained a British passport (2001),
By chance, he met a lady from Somalia.
The lady met Farah in a restaurant and asked him 3 questions –
Are you from Somalia?
You are not called Hussein. Kazim?
Is your mom's name Elsa?
3 questions, to the point, Farah looked at the lady in front of him and was stunned...
Farah's family in Somalia
Immediately after, the woman took out a cassette tape, and Farah heard the familiar voice of his mother in the tape.
At the end of the recording, Mom told Farah:
If it will cause you trouble, don't contact me.
For the first time since then, Farah has news of distant Somali family.
After this, Farah relied on his talent for long-distance running and gained all the glory that belonged to him!
However, in his heart, there was always a voice telling himself:
You're not Farah, you're Kasin!
Yes, this voice became a piece of Farah's heart disease...
In July 2022, Farah finally decided to make this secret known!
On 12 July, the BBC in the United Kingdom released a documentary interview with Farah.
In this case, Farah personally revealed that he was abducted and sold as a child.
For a time caused a shock in Britain!
In the documentary, Farah bravely said his real name for the first time - Cassin!
I'm not Farah, my real name is Cassin!
05, the end of the story
In the face of this heavy news that is enough to shake the world's sports world,
The London police in the United Kingdom also issued a statement on July 14 -
"We have taken note of media reports about Sir Mo Farah.
No one has reported the case to the London Police at this time,"
— London Police
Farah with his wife
In fact, in this incident, there are still many "unresolved" truths that have not been answered.
For example, the BBC documentary says,
They had tried to contact the dark-haired woman who had taken Farah from Somalia.
However, the other party did not give any response!
Therefore, the details of Farah's abduction are not disclosed in the film...
Is this a gang that trafficked people?
After all these years, have such incidents been happening between the UK and Somalia?
These questions have not yet been answered.
Everything can only wait for the in-depth investigation of the police ...
Farah was unfortunate, he was abducted at a young age and left his family...
And Farah is also lucky, because he has the talent for running,
In this part of Britain, running has transformed him into another life...
But what about more Somali children?
They are lonely and abducted to a strange country, they have no athletic talent,
What kind of life are they living now...