Somalian-born British distance runner Mo Farah is "relieved" that an order from US President Donald Trump to ban citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States will not affect him, his spokeswoman said Sunday.
Earlier in the day, Farah had complained on Facebook that US authorities may restrict him from re-entering the country, where he has lived for six years.
But a statement from the British Foreign Office, also on Sunday, said that Trump's order only applies to individuals travelling from one of the seven named countries - Syria, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Libya and Sudan.
"If you are travelling to the US from anywhere other than one of those countries (for instance, the UK) the executive order does not apply to you and you will experience no extra checks regardless of your nationality or your place of birth," the statement said.
A spokeswoman for Farah told the Press Association that Farah now believes the executive order will not apply to him.
"Mo is relieved that he will be able to return to his family once his current training camp concludes. However, as he said in his earlier statement, he still fundamentally disagrees with this incredibly divisive and discriminatory policy."
The 33-year-old, who won dual gold medals for Great Britain at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, is currently at a training camp in Ethiopia as part of his preparations for August's World Championships in London, the BBC reported.
