Friday 19 February 2016 15:44, UK
Mo Farah has promised to compete at this year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, despite the threat of the Zika virus.
The double London 2012 champion is already targeting further success in Brazil this summer but the build-up to the event has been overshadowed by the emergence of the Zika outbreak, which can cause birth abnormalities.
But Farah still holds fond memories of his 10,000m win four years ago when wife Tania and step-daughter Rihanna joined him on the track to celebrate in front of a delighted home crowd and he is desperate to try and recreate that moment in Rio.
"For me, the Olympics is where it is at. I want to have that moment for my family no matter what," he said ahead of the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday.
"I'm quite excited. In London one of the best things ever was having my family on the track. Seeing my wife and daughter there was incredible. I believe they are part of me and will be there again.
"I'm not even thinking about anything like [the Zika virus]. I want them there and that's it."
Farah's chance of picking up further gold medals in Rio could be boosted if Kenya is banned from competing at the Games.
Rio is not too far away now and I'm quite excited. It starts here in Glasgow now. This is the road to Rio.
The country's athletics federation has been declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code and IAAF president Lord Coe says he is ready to prevent them taking part.
Farah - who has been forced to deny links to drugs in the past year following allegations that his coach Alberto Salazar was behind a secret doping programme in the United States - admits he will have a better chance of securing medals in Brazil if Kenya are not involved.
A ban for Kenya would mean Farah's rivals Geoffrey Kamworor, Paul Kipngetich Tanui and Bitan Karoki would not be able to race against him but the 32-year-old admits their absence would devalue the middle-distance events in Rio.
"If you don't have Kenya there it makes things easier for me, which is great," he added.
"But at the same time, you don't want to wish anything like that on anybody who hasn't done anything wrong but as a country they have to follow the rules. If they can't, then tough on them."
Farah will compete in the 3,000 metres at Glasgow's Emirates Arena this weekend and with just seven months to go until the Olympics, he hopes to use the race as a platform for further success in the summer.
"It is every athlete's dream to go to an Olympics and do well. Obviously 2012 was a big, big year," he said.
"It changed my career after I managed to come away with two gold medals in my home town in front of 80,000 people.
"That's what keeps me going every day. Rio is not too far away now and I'm quite excited. It starts here in Glasgow now. This is the road to Rio.
"I've been training in Ethiopia for the last six weeks up at 10,000ft in some pretty nice weather. Training has gone pretty well and I've managed to get a lot of miles into my legs.
"I'm in similar shape to how I was last year. If you compare the times I was running last year to the ones I was coming up with during the training camp, it's kind of similar.
"So I think I'm in pretty good shape. I definitely want to get a good result tomorrow and then march on towards Rio."
