UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner has admitted that the governing body could advise Mo Farah to part ways with coach Alberto Salazar, regardless of the outcome of a doping investigation.
Last week, Salazar, who has coached Farah since 2011, was accused of encouraging doping among athletes at the Nike Oregon Project, while Farah's training partner Galen Rupp was also implicated during the Panorama documentary that was aired by the BBC.
There has been no suggestion that Farah is involved in anything untoward, but Warner has revealed that his medical records will be examined in the near future.
Warner told BBC Radio 4: "What we can look at is all the data surrounding our own athlete, Mo Farah - blood data, supplements data, everything surrounding his medical treatment.
"It may well be that the outcome of our own investigation says there's nothing untoward going on as far as we can uncover in any way, shape or form around British Athletics and a British athlete.
"Now, one of the possible outcomes of all of this is, even though — and I'm sure that's probably going to be the case — there's nothing untoward proven around Mo Farah and British Athletics, we might still recommend to Mo and might still decide ourselves to suspend our relationship because of the reputational damage that could be caused."
After withdrawing from the Birmingham Grand Prix last weekend, it is unknown when Farah will compete in his next race as he prepares for the World Championships in Beijing later this summer.
Darren Plant
