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Bolt: Media 'trying to tear down' Mo

Saturday, July 25 2015 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Usain Bolt says he feels sorry for Mo Farah amid doping accusations surrounding his coach Alberto Salazar. Bolt will compete at the Anniversary Games in London this weekend.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Usain Bolt: (on the accusation against Mo Farah's coach Alberto Salazar)

    "I've come through the ranks with Mo, so I've seen the work that he's put in. So for me, I'm sorry for Mo because every day I hear this in the papers, they're trying to tear him down, and I think he worked so hard to get where he is, for somebody's mistake to be causing him problems. So for me, I just really hope that he doesn't take it too seriously I guess, and doesn't make it stress, because it's part of the sports. People like to point fingers sometimes, but hopefully he won't take it too seriously."

    "Through the years when you work hard, and you see the sports is getting a good reputation, and it backslides when other athletes decided they want to do the wrong thing. It definitely does upset me because everybody starts pointing fingers again and starts speculating, and it doesn't help the sport in any way. So at times I do get frustrated and angry.

    "I think the only person I really had a problem with was Tyson (Gay) and I think the reason is that I competed with Tyson throughout the years, and I had so much respect for him as a competitor because we competed together and he was one of the greatest competitors I've ever gone against because he was dedicated, he worked hard and I really looked forward to competing with him so when it happened, I was really disappointed. So I think that's one of the ones that really hurt me overall."

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