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Sir Mo Farah trains in Dubai as he prepares to defend his two titles at London World Championships this summer

Defending double Olympic and world champ was snapped in front of Dubai's most famous landmarks, with camels and out for some miles with a group of local runners

SIR MO FARAH has been enjoying some time training in front of Dubai's most iconic attractions as he continues his build-up to the London 2017 World Championships.

The 33-year-old double-Olympic and double-world champ is aiming to win the 5,000 metres and 10,000m at the London Stadium this summer.

Mo Farah performs the Mobot in front of the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah
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Mo Farah performs the Mobot in front of the Burj Al Arab JumeirahCredit: Getty Images

But in the meantime he has been training in Ethiopia in a bid to get some miles in at altitude.


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And Farah has even made a stop off at Dubai, where he has been snapped in front of the desert city-state's greatest monuments.

Farah was snapped in the Gulf state with his training kit on and a pair of matching red trainers as he took some strides around town.

Mo Farah enjoys the stunning backdrop of the beach in Dubai with the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in the distance
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Mo Farah enjoys the stunning backdrop of the beach in Dubai with the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in the distanceCredit: Getty Images

He was snapped in front of the Burj Khalifa, which at 830m tall is the highest building in the world.

And he also posed for the iconic Mobot with the sail-like Burj Al Arab Jumeirah hotel in the background.

Farah also had some pictures with the local wildlife, a bunch of camels and even took one on the segway that had previously been used by the cameraman filming his training session.

According to Gulf News, Farah had been taking a tour to record a '360-degree' video of the area to promote tourism.

The the reel plays out, making use of the entire surroundings to tell the story.

Mo Farah runs in front of the worlds biggest skyscraper the Burj Khalifa
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Mo Farah runs in front of the worlds biggest skyscraper the Burj KhalifaCredit: Getty Images
Mo Farah runs along in the desert as he is tracked closely by a cameraman recording a 360-degree video
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Mo Farah runs along in the desert as he is tracked closely by a cameraman recording a 360-degree videoCredit: Getty Images
Mo Farah and a host of camels during a trip to the Dubai desert
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Mo Farah and a host of camels during a trip to the Dubai desertCredit: Getty Images
Mo Farah runs with a group of local joggers in Dubai as he forms part of a recording for a 360-degree tourism video
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Mo Farah runs with a group of local joggers in Dubai as he forms part of a recording for a 360-degree tourism videoCredit: Getty Images

Farah has been the subject of controversy in recent weeks, with his family living in Oregon in the USA, while the British runner trains abroad.

But he became a victim of the United States' controversial new immigration policy that restricts incoming residents or visitors from seven mainly-Muslim nations.

Luckily for the knight, he was allowed to return to America because he is a UK citizen.

But he blasted president Donald Trump's new policy, saying: "I am a British citizen who has lived in America for the past six years - working hard, contributing to society, paying my taxes and bringing up our four children in the place they now call home.

Mo Farah has some fun on a segway during his recent visit to Dubai
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Mo Farah has some fun on a segway during his recent visit to DubaiCredit: Getty Images
Mo Farah is followed by a cameraman as he trains in Dubai
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Mo Farah is followed by a cameraman as he trains in DubaiCredit: Getty Images
Mo Farah holds on to a camel during his visit to Dubai as he records a tourism video
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Mo Farah holds on to a camel during his visit to Dubai as he records a tourism videoCredit: Getty Images

"Now, me and many others like me are being told that we may not be welcome.

"It's deeply troubling that I will have to tell my children that Daddy might not be able to come home - to explain why the President has introduced a policy that comes from a place of ignorance and prejudice."

 

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