Rafael Nadal, Mo Farah Among Athletes' Medical Tests Leaked by Hackers

Former tennis world No. 1 Rafael Nadal and four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah are two of a group of 26 athletes to be the latest targets of hacking leaks. 

Per BBC Sport, the Fancy Bears hacking group published files on Monday related to instances when 26 athletes were granted therapeutic use exemptions (TUE), "which allow banned substances to be taken for athletes' verified medical needs."

According to the Guardian, the leak detailed two past occasions when the 33-year-old Farah was granted a TUE—in October 2008 and July 2014. The distance runner said last year he only had one TUE in his career, per the Guardian's Sean Ingle:

Aside from Nadal and Farah, English golfer Justin Rose—an Olympic gold medallist and U.S. Open champion—was also named, as was Great Britain rower Helen Glover. The group obtained the athletes' medical files after hacking into a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) database, per BBC Sport's report. 

In relation to the 2016 United States Olympic team, the Fancy Bears group has previously described TUEs as "licenses for doping" and accused WADA and the International Olympic Committee's Medical and Scientific Department of being "corrupt and deceitful."

Fancy Bears has sporadically released details of numerous high-profile athletes' medical records recently—mainly in connection with TUEs—with U.S. gymnast Simone Biles and British cycling duo Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome all previously named, per BBC News.

According to BBC Sport, "There is no suggestion athletes named are involved in any wrongdoing."