Salazar’s 4-Year Ban Upheld by CAS

Salazar’s 4-Year Ban Upheld by CAS
Coach Alberto Salazar stands in front of Galen Rupp of the USA at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing on Aug. 21, 2015. Phil Noble/Reuters
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American Alberto Salazar, who has coached some of the world’s top long-distance runners, had his four-year suspension for a series of anti-doping rule violations upheld by the highest court in sport.

The 63-year-old, who guided Britain’s Mo Farah to Olympic titles, was banned by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in 2019 for “orchestrating and facilitating” doping as head coach of the Nike Oregon Project, an elite camp designed primarily to develop U.S. endurance athletes.