He’s not a terrorist—he’s an Olympic champion! Britain’s Mo Farah, who won two gold medals in distance running in London, says he was detained and questioned by U.S. customs in Portland on suspicions that he was a terrorist. Farah, who captured the world’s attention with his story of coming to the U.K. and training in the U.S., blamed his “Somali origins” for the mishap. Farah whipped out his medals to prove who he was.
