The two-time gold medal winner for Great Britain at this past summer’s games was traveling in Oregon and was questioned by U.S. Customs officials after they noticed his Somali ancestry.
“I couldn’t believe it,” Farah said, according to the Sun. “Because of my Somali origin, I get detained every time I come through US Customs. This time I even got my medals out to show who I am, but they wouldn’t have it.” (Tricksy terrorists, using gold medals! What will they think of next?)
Farah, 29, was born in Somalia but moved to Britain with his English-born father as a child. He won the 5000m and 10,000m races this summer in London. Last year, he moved to Oregon to train with the legendary Alberto Salazar at the headquarters of Nike.
