Sir Mo Farah has claimed he was the victim of 'racial harassment' by Munich Airport security personnel in a video uploaded to his social media accounts.

The four-time British Olympic gold medallist recorded his exchange with an airport official in which he described his treatment as 'pure harassment' and 'unbelievable'.

The 47-second clip was streamed live on Farah's Instagram account and then also uploaded onto his Twitter account with the caption: 'Sad to see racial harassment in this day and age. 2018...!!! #airport #germany'

Sir Mo Farah has filmed an unpleasant encounter with security guards at Munich Airport in Germany in which he was allegedly 'racially harassed'

The 47-second clip shows Farah being led away by the arm by a uniformed security official

Farah informs the security guard that he is being filmed live but he replies 'I don't care'

Four-time Olympic champion Farah described his treatment as 'ridiculous' and 'unbelievable'

The security guard spins Farah around at one point and pushes him towards the gates

Farah was passing through the German airport as he returned to his training camp in Ethiopia.

Although not mentioned in the video, Farah's representatives said the incident occurred at Munich Airport.

The clip begins with Farah apparently describing an unpleasant experience as he passed through security.

Farah says 'you won't believe what has just happened' and that he complained to the manager to no avail.

He adds: 'The guys were touching me up like crazy. Pure harassment. Pure, pure harassment.'

A security guard then walks up to Farah and begins to escort him away in the direction of the departure gates.

Farah, who won the London Big Half on Sunday, was passing through Germany en route to his training camp in Ethiopia when the incident happened

The guard grabs Farah by his right arm and pushes him in the direction of the departure gates

Farah says: 'You don't need to push me, I'll go to the gates. 'You can't touch me. Stop pushing me.'

To that, the official replies: 'I can touch you. Go to the gate, go to the gate.'

As he turns Farah around with a firm hand on his right arm, the athlete says: 'Leave me alone' and 'You're on Instagram live.'

The guard replies 'I don't care' before walking away from Farah.

Farah ends the clip by saying: 'The way I was getting treated was ridiculous. You see all that guys? Unbelievable.'

Farah's legion of social media followers left supportive comments after the video was uploaded.

Farah performs his trademark 'Mobot' celebration after winning The Big Half on Sunday

Farah poses for a photograph with his wife Tania (left), eldest daughter Rihanna (right), twins Aisha and Amani, and son Hussein after winning the half-marathon in London

One wrote: 'I love the way you handled it like a true champion.' Another said: 'Sorry Mo. No one deserves that experience! You personally handled that so well. This is one more reason why you're a role model to so many.'

Some replies on Twitter questioned whether Farah had been the victim of 'racial harassment.'

One user wrote: 'I see harassment Mo, but I don't see any racial element' while another said 'Where was the racism?'

But other users took issue with this. One wrote: 'Comments here are rather sad. Black people constantly told 'I didn't see any racism'. It exists folk (even if you've not witnessed). Sad but true. Mo isn't the kind of chap to fabricate or imagine.'

Farah shows off the gold medals he won in the 5,000m and the 10,000m at the 2014 Olympics

He also won two gold medals at the 2012 Olympics in London to become a national hero

Another added: 'He explained the racial incident happened before he started recording hence why he started recording.'

Farah edged out Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru in a sprint finish to win the inaugural 'Big Half' race in London.

He is currently preparing to run the London Marathon next month and become the first British male winner since 1993.

A spokesperson for Mo Farah said: 'This afternoon, there was an incident at a German airport whilst Mo was travelling back to his training camp in Ethiopia.

'Mo felt that the incident was racially motivated and that he was unfairly treated by the airport security staff.'

Munich Airport has been contacted for comment.

This is not the first time Sir Mo has been the victim of alleged racism.

In Christmas, he was attacked by racist trolls online after he posted a message of Christmas goodwill for his followers on Instagram.

The middle distance runner who has more than 660,000 followers on Instagram posted a selfie of him wearing a Santa hat wishing a Merry Christmas.

Sir Mo, who is a practicing Muslim, was criticised by fellow Muslims for mentioning the Christian festival on his social media feed.

How Sir Mo Farah became one of the most successful British athletes of all time Sir Mo, right, crosses the finish line to win gold ahead of United States' Galen Rupp in the men's 10,000-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics on August 4 Sir Mo Farah quit track athletics last year to focus on marathons after a star-studded career that made him one of the most successful British athletes of all time. The father-of-four first burst onto the scene in 2011 with a gold in the 5,000m at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. In 2013, he bagged a double gold in the two events at the Moscow World Championships. The same feat was repeated at the World Championships in Beijing two years later, and again at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. But undoubtedly Sir Mo's most memorable triumphs were his two golds in the 10,000m and 5,000m on home soil during London 2012, when his famous 'Mobot' gesture first graced television screens. It was quite a journey for Sir Mo, who arrived in Britain from Somalia at the age of eight with little English, and first competed as a schoolboy runner in 1996. Farah told in his autobiography about an encounter with another boy shortly after arriving in England as an eight-year-old from Somalia when he tried out of the few English phrases he knew - 'C'mon then'. He ended that day with a black eye and the respected of his classmates. 'Everyone knew about the crazy Somali kid who'd picked a fight with the hardest kid on his first day of school,' Farah wrote. 'They knew I wasn't weak.' And it has not all been plain sailing for the Briton - he has also had to cope with the impact of serious allegations against his coach, Alberto Salazar. Salazar is currently under investigation by the US Anti-Doping Agency and denies all wrongdoing. Sir Mo's final major track race was the 5,000m race at the World Athletics Championship in London, in which he came second. Reflecting on his track career before the race, Sir Mo said: 'To have achieved what I have achieved has been incredible. I don't think there's enough words to explain the journey and everything. 'But you have to appreciate what you have and do the best that I can. That's what I was taught in my early years. Appreciate it. 'Yeah it is emotional but it has been a long career. You guys have seen me since I was a child, running around, going to the English Schools. To come this far has been incredible.' Advertisement

In September 2016, it was claimed Farah's wife Tina launched a foul-mouthed tirade at an airline worker when the family were told to wait with economy passengers after they missed first class boarding on a flight back from Rio.

Tania said that the Olympic hero was humiliated after the flight attendant singled him out and forced him to go to the back of the queue because she didn't recognise he had a business class ticket.

Tania told The Sunday Telegraph at the time: 'This woman basically humiliated him until people came forward and said: 'That's Mo Farah, the Olympic champion…

'She was mortified afterwards, but had basically yelled at him like he was a piece of s*** to get back into line.

'He was the only black person [in the queue] and hadn't done anything to warrant it. I just knew she had a problem with him.'

Earlier this week, a report by The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee said it was 'shocked' Farah received an injection of the legal supplement L-carnitine to 'help performance' before the 2014 London Marathon that was not recorded on his medical records.