Lausanne: Athletics Coach Alberto salazarThe Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday upheld a four-year suspension for a series of doping violations.
The 63-year-old former head of the now-defunct Nike Oregon Project, best known for coaching Britain’s four-time Olympic champion Mo FarahWas suspended in 2019.
The Lausanne-based organization also upheld a four-year ban on Jeffrey Brown, the physician and endocrinologist who worked with Salazar.
The CAS said in a statement that Salazar and Brown had violated several anti-doping regulations and confirmed their four-year ban.
The CAS listed several violations committed by Salazar – possession of testosterone, complicity in the administration of Brown’s prohibited method, and tampering with the doping control process.
Salazar was suspended two years ago during the World Championships in Doha following an investigation by the US Anti-Doping Agency.
USADA said its investigation had uncovered a wealth of evidence, including “eyewitness evidence, evidence, contemporaneous emails and patient records.”
USADA CEO Travis tygart Welcoming the decision of the CAS issued a statement.
“Getting to this end point in the Nike Oregon Project case has been a long and difficult road,” Tygart said.
“But we are delighted that the CAS panel upheld multiple anti-doping rule violations and four-year sanctions against both coaches Alberto Salazar and Dr. Jeffrey Brown.”
Tygart said he hopes that these confident athletes will be taken seriously and protected if they dare to come forward with similar information in the future.
“Hopefully, this sends a powerful message that when athletes come to us with information about a doping violation or other misconduct, they know that we will listen to them and protect them by pursuing evidence, regardless of their power, influence. or whatever the financial resources may be. In violence.
“Even like the ones here, who plan cover-ups and try to obfuscate the truth.”
Salazar, who was coaching the Ethiopian-born Dutch distance-running star Sifan Hassan | At the time of his suspension, he has consistently denied wrongdoing.
Farah, who broke up with Salazar in 2017, has never failed a drugs test and there is no suggestion that the British sprinter was involved in any foul play.
Hassan, who won the 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the Tokyo Olympics, has also never tested positive for drugs.
Salazar is already serving a life ban aside from coaching after the US Center for SafeSport found evidence of sexual and emotional misconduct.
The ban, confirmed in July, said a group of female runners from the Oregon Project said they had been subjected to emotional and verbal abuse by Salazar.
Salazar later admitted to making comments that were “harsh or insensitive”, but denied that any athlete under his care had faced abuse or gender discrimination.
The 63-year-old former head of the now-defunct Nike Oregon Project, best known for coaching Britain’s four-time Olympic champion Mo FarahWas suspended in 2019.
The Lausanne-based organization also upheld a four-year ban on Jeffrey Brown, the physician and endocrinologist who worked with Salazar.
The CAS said in a statement that Salazar and Brown had violated several anti-doping regulations and confirmed their four-year ban.
The CAS listed several violations committed by Salazar – possession of testosterone, complicity in the administration of Brown’s prohibited method, and tampering with the doping control process.
Salazar was suspended two years ago during the World Championships in Doha following an investigation by the US Anti-Doping Agency.
USADA said its investigation had uncovered a wealth of evidence, including “eyewitness evidence, evidence, contemporaneous emails and patient records.”
USADA CEO Travis tygart Welcoming the decision of the CAS issued a statement.
“Getting to this end point in the Nike Oregon Project case has been a long and difficult road,” Tygart said.
“But we are delighted that the CAS panel upheld multiple anti-doping rule violations and four-year sanctions against both coaches Alberto Salazar and Dr. Jeffrey Brown.”
Tygart said he hopes that these confident athletes will be taken seriously and protected if they dare to come forward with similar information in the future.
“Hopefully, this sends a powerful message that when athletes come to us with information about a doping violation or other misconduct, they know that we will listen to them and protect them by pursuing evidence, regardless of their power, influence. or whatever the financial resources may be. In violence.
“Even like the ones here, who plan cover-ups and try to obfuscate the truth.”
Salazar, who was coaching the Ethiopian-born Dutch distance-running star Sifan Hassan | At the time of his suspension, he has consistently denied wrongdoing.
Farah, who broke up with Salazar in 2017, has never failed a drugs test and there is no suggestion that the British sprinter was involved in any foul play.
Hassan, who won the 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the Tokyo Olympics, has also never tested positive for drugs.
Salazar is already serving a life ban aside from coaching after the US Center for SafeSport found evidence of sexual and emotional misconduct.
The ban, confirmed in July, said a group of female runners from the Oregon Project said they had been subjected to emotional and verbal abuse by Salazar.
Salazar later admitted to making comments that were “harsh or insensitive”, but denied that any athlete under his care had faced abuse or gender discrimination.
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