Britain’s double Olympic champion Mo Farah has said that he feels bad for Russian athletes who are ‘clean’ of doping as the International Olympic Committee(IOC) is all set to decide their Rio Olympics fate in the coming days.

The IOC will shortly decide on whether to enforce a total ban on Russia’s athletes at the upcoming Rio Olympics.

Russia’s track-and-field athletes have already been banned by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

After World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accused Russia of orchestrating a state-sponsored doping programme, the IOC is contemplating the idea of banning all the Russian athletes, regardless of whether they have failed a drugs test or not, from the upcoming games.

When asked about his take on the situation, Farah said:”All I want to be able to do is line up in front of fair athletes and do the best I can, I want you guys to see how hard we work and what we have to do.

“I do feel sorry for athletes who haven’t done anything or crossed the line. But as a country and a nation, it’s those people who are responsible.
“Usain (Bolt) and myself and the rest of us, we work so hard and then something happens and it takes away our limelight. Nobody wants to see it, but we have to do what is right.”

Farah, who will try to defend his two Olympic titles in Rio, said that the memory of last Olympics is still fresh in his mind.

“It’s crazy to think that in three weeks’ time it is going to be the Olympics. When I think like that, I question myself, because it feels like it was yesterday,” said Farah.
“In the past, I have always gone out there and done well in my last race. That always gives me a nice little boost.

On his preparation, he said: “We have still a little bit to work on for Rio, a little bit of sharpening up, there are a few more key sessions I would like to get under my belt then after then is the Olympics.”