Birmingham: A "drained" Mo Farah withdrew from Sunday's Diamond League meeting in Birmingham just a day after he insisted he would not be leaving his coach Alberto Salazar despite a BBC documentary alleging the latter had encouraged his athletes to use illegal substances. The 32-year-old Somalia-born Farah, the double Olympic, world and European champion over the 5,000 and 10,000 metres, said he was "emotionally and physically drained".


Mo Farah 

"This week has been very stressful and taken a lot out of me," he said. "I have not been able to focus properly on today's race and after the events of the last few days I feel emotionally and physically drained. "I want to run well in the World Championships in Beijing and have decided it is better for me to go back to the US, seek answers to my questions and get back into training.