The New York Times Examines Doping Allegations Against Alberto Salazar, Oregon Project

A confidential investigative report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency provides damaging information about NIke-funded team.

May 19, 2017 at 9:32 am PDT

The New York Times today published a lengthy examination of doping allegations against the legendary Portland running coach Alberto Salazar, who runs the Nike-sponsored Oregon Project.

The new report, based on a confidential 269-report prepared by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, follows on previous investigations of Salazar and the Oregon Project by the BBC and ProPublica and The Times of London.

Salazar and Nike declined to respond to questions from the New York Times.

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