MO FARAH would have had to have missed his doorbell ringing several times when he missed a drug test in 2011, a UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) representative said yesterday.

Farah’s agent Ricky Simms submitted video evidence to UKAD to back up the athlete’s defence that he did not hear the doorbell for his second missed test in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics, where he won two gold medals.

UKAD’s Graham Arthur said: “For an hour slot test the process is that the drug tester will turn up at the address he or she has been given, ring the bell or knock on the door and try to get the athlete’s attention.

“If there’s no response UKAD has detailed protocol that involves the doping control officer waiting for a period of 15 minutes, trying the bell or the knocker again, doing the same thing again after half an hour, then 45 minutes and then when the hour is up, the doping control officer completes his or her paperwork and then leaves the address.”