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Mo Farah fuming at Haile Gebrselassie as he accuses him of ignoring his messages after British star was robbed of a watch, two phones and £2,600 at Olympic legend's hotel in Ethiopia Sir Mo Farah has launched a furious attack on Olympic legend Haile Gebrselassie 36-year-old Farah was staying at Gebrselassie's Yaya Village Resort near Sululta He claimed his room was entered in his absence on March 23 - his 36th birthday After returning from a training run he found his suitcase had been ransacked  A Tag watch and two phones were missing, including £2,600 in cash 

By Riath Al-Samarrai for MailOnline

Published: 17:00 BST, 24 April 2019 | Updated: 17:00 BST, 24 April 2019

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Sir Mo Farah has launched a furious attack on Haile Gebrselassie after revealing he had a watch, two phones and £2,600 in cash stolen from the Olympic legend's hotel in Ethiopia last month.

Farah was staying at Gebrselassie's Yaya Village Resort near Sululta during his preparations for Sunday's London Marathon when he claims his room was entered in his absence on March 23 – his 36th birthday.

After returning from a training run he found his suitcase had been ransacked, with a Tag watch missing in addition to £800, 20,000 birr (£534), $1500 (£1159) and 100 Euro (£86) and his phones.

Sir Mo Farah was robbed at Olympic legend Haile Gebrselassie's hotel in Ethiopia last month

Sir Mo Farah was robbed at Olympic legend Haile Gebrselassie's hotel in Ethiopia last month

Farah attempted to contact Gebrselassie multiple times after growing frustrated with police inactivity and was left fuming after the double Olympic champion did not return his messages.

Farah said on Wednesday: 'I'd been staying there the entire time from January 18. That morning I had left at 5.30am and I gave my key to reception so they could clean – I'd been doing that all the time. I came back about 4.30pm, got the keys from reception, went into my room, lay on the bed because I was a bit tired and then I noticed my bag was open. I was like, "S***, I left my bag open".

'It was locked but it's been broken into. Someone's got the key from reception, opened it up, took my money, took my nice watch that my wife got me and two

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