Mo Farah: I wanted son’s middle name to be ‘Arsenal’
:focal(136x152:138x150)/origin-imgresizer.eurosport.com/2015/11/13/1731704-36632322-310-310.png)
Published 10/11/2015 at 11:36 GMT
Mo Farah has made an amusing admission that he wanted to his new son’s middle name to be ‘Arsenal’.
Britain's Mo Farah does his 'mobot' celebration after winning the final of the men's 5000 metres athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium in Beijing on August 29, 2015
Image credit: AFP
The double Olympic champion’s wife recently gave birth to Hussein Mo Farah, with the new arrival joining older sisters Rhianna, Aisha and Amani in the family.
However, Farah had hoped to pay homage to his favourite Premier League side in his son’s name – but his wife was having none of it.
"I wanted Arsenal to be Hussein's middle name, but Tania wasn't having it," Farah told OK Magazine.
"Growing up I would never have thought that I'd be a double Olympic champion, with a lovely home and beautiful kids.
"This opportunity [competing] is something that I have to make the most of – I have trained so much of my life for it and the chance won't come back again."
Farah cemented his place as one of Britain’s greatest ever sportsmen by completing the so-called ‘triple-double’ of 5000m and 10,000m gold medals at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing.
Scan me
Related Topics
Share this article
Advertisement
Advertisement