Mo Farah data leak: Olympic hero the latest Team GB athlete to have drugs-testing record leaked by Russian hackers

MO FARAH faces becoming the next Olympic hero to have his drugs-testing records leaked by Russian hackers.

Great Britain’s most successful ever track-and-field athlete after his double in Rio is among the 53 GB stars to compete in Rio that previously held a therapeutic use exemption for a banned substance (TUE).

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Mo Farah is braced for the release of his medical data[/caption]

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Farah insisted in 2015 that he had only ever used one TUE.

The TUE system allows athletes to take banned substances for bona fide medical reasons and still compete.

Five of the 366 British athletes who competed in Rio have already had their details released by the Fancy Bears hacking group, including Tour de France winners Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins.

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Mo Farah is one of 53 Team GB athletes to compete in Rio that previously held a therapeutic use exemption for banned substance[/caption]

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Mo Farah insisted in 2015 that he only ever used one TUE[/caption]

Farah, who won Olympic gold in the 10,000 and 5,000km races in both London 2012 and in Rio this summer, said: “I’ve had one TUE and that was in Park City.

“I collapsed, was taken in an ambulance and put on a drip. That was the only one.”

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A spokesperson for Farah said: “Mo does not have a current or ongoing TUE but, like everyone in Team GB, he was notified about the potential release of private medical data.

“While he believes this sort of information shouldn’t be published without an individual’s permission, he isn’t concerned about anything they [the hackers] might release about him.”

The hackers have also revealed medical data belonging to Rio gymnastic star Simone Biles, tennis ace Venus Williams and other female US Olympians.