Alberto Salazar, Top U.S. Distance Running Coach Accused of Orchestrating Doping

Salazar was a world class marathoner and is now coaching some of the best U.S. and European distance runners including the UKs Mo Farah who won Gold at 10,000 and 5,000 meters at the last Olympics and Galen Rupp who has lead the resurgence in US Distance running and won Silver at the 10,000 meters at the last Olympics. The Oregon Project Team as its called is funded by Nike.

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An investigation by ProPublica and the BBC last week detailed the claims of top athletes and others who worked with Salazar at the Nike-funded Oregon Project that he experimented with the well-known doping aid testosterone — including using his son as a guinea pig to determine how much would trigger an anti-doping test; that he manipulated the therapeutic use exemption system that allows athletes to use medical treatments that are otherwise restricted; and that he gave runners prescription drugs they either didn’t need or weren’t prescribed to gain a competitive advantage.

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