Steve Cram believes Mo Farah is the victim of a 'witch-hunt' after the double Olympic champion was forced to deny ever using performance-enhancing drugs. Farah issued a statement on Friday defending his reputation in the wake of a BBC investigation which alleged his coach Alberto Salazar had practised doping techniques with American athlete Galen Rupp. Sportsmail subsequently revealed that Farah had missed two drugs tests in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics. Former world champion Cram told BBC Sport: 'It has begun to look like a bit of a witch-hunt against Mo. It seems as if some people are deliberately going after him and that is a shame.'Mo Farah was forced to deny ever using performance-enhancing drugsBBC claim his coach Alberto Salazar had practised doping techniquesSteve Cram has defended Farah and says people are 'going after him'
'Running is the one thing _ can control at the moment and the one place where he can be Mo Farah and get away from this to some extent,' said Cram.