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Episode 1455: Marathon Mo Farah/Haile Gebrselassie Beef, Conor Murray Injury Update

Mon 29th Apr 2019
Eoin, Ken, Murph, Ewan MacKenna and Gerry Thornley

Mo Farah was *very* anxious to talk about his travails in an Ethiopian hotel at a press conference ahead of the London Marathon last week – but that decision appears to have backfired rather spectacularly, as that set in chain a series of events that led to the owner of that hotel, Ethiopian athletic legend Haile Gebrselassie, unleashing a volley of abuse back.

 

Ewan MacKenna questioned Mo Farah about his connections to disgraced doping coach Jama Aden at the Rio Olympics in 2014, and Ewan is on the show today to talk about Gebrselassie’s allegation that the reason for their initial falling-out had to do with Aden… and why Farah’s media missteps are nothing new.

 

Gerry Thornley is in studio to talk about the weekend’s Interpros, Conor Murray’s injury all-clear, and Ireland’s new scrum coach.

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Plus there’s an I-told-you-so moment for Eoin, ‘rugby players dropping a ball over the try line’ having a serious moment in 2019, John Fogarty’s new job, and the tug-of-war for Troy Parrott’s affections.

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