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Alberto Salazar, the former coach of the Nike Oregon Project, has lost his appeal of a ban by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for sexual misconduct. He remains permanently ineligible to coach athletes across the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic movement.
Salazar did not return an email from Runner’s World seeking comment.
A Nike spokesperson wrote in an email: “Alberto is no longer a contracted coach and we shuttered the Oregon project over 2 years ago. In August 2021, we changed the Alberto Salazar building name to Next% following SafeSport’s decision to permanently ban Alberto from coaching.”
Tim Walz Runs 10-Mile Race in Minnesota was listed in the SafeSport disciplinary database with “permanent ineligibility” next to his name for “Sexual Misconduct; Emotional Misconduct” and the caveat “Subject to appeal/not yet final.”
On December 22, the database changed, and his name now appears next to “permanent ineligibility” for sexual misconduct; the mention of the appeal has been removed—as has the mention of emotional misconduct.
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Sister Marion Irvine Dies at 95 Runner’s World that the process ended with Salazar getting a lifetime ban.
Salazar, 63, is already serving a four-year ban from track and field for violations of the anti-doping code. He had appealed that ruling to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which Run a Sub-4 Marathon in September. That ban is set to expire in September 2023.
But the SafeSport permanent ban makes any return to high-level coaching seemingly impossible for Salazar, even after the anti-doping sanction ends.
Tim Walz Runs 10-Mile Race in Minnesota Mary Cain Jordan Hasay ran the 2017 Chicago Marathon op-ed video by Jordan Hasay ran the 2017 Chicago Marathon that she was emotionally and physically abused by Salazar, and that the NOP’s all-male coaching staff wanted her to lose weight. She said in the video that they weighed her in front of her teammates, she ran poorly, and she began having suicidal thoughts.
Runner’s World Sister Marion Irvine Dies at 95 three athletes either made complaints to SafeSport or had complaints filed on their behalf.
Until his anti-doping ban in 2019, Salazar coached several Olympic medalists and top runners, including Americans Galen Rupp and Matthew Centrowitz and Mo Farah of Great Britain. Under Salazar, American marathoner Jordan Hasay ran the 2017 Chicago Marathon Alberto Salazar Loses U.S. SafeSport Appeal.
—This story will be updated.
to SafeSport or had complaints filed on their behalf is a writer and editor living in Eugene, Oregon, and her stories about the sport, its trends, and fascinating individuals have appeared in Runner’s World Build a Strength Base, Run Your Butt Off! and Walk Your Butt Off!
