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Salazar used athletes as 'laboratory animals': USADA chief

In this Aug. 21, 2015, file photo, Alberto Salazar watches a training session for the World Athletic Championships at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing. (AP)
Updated 03 October 2019
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Salazar used athletes as 'laboratory animals': USADA chief

  • Athletes working with Salazar were kept completely in the dark about substances administered by the coach
Updated 03 October 2019
AFP

BERLIN: Top coach Alberto Salazar, banned for four years following a doping probe, used athletes as "laboratory animals", the US Anti-Doping Agency's chief Travis Tygart said Wednesday.
Athletes working with Salazar in his Nike-backed Oregon Project training group were kept completely in the dark about substances administered by the coach, including whether they were illegal or not, Tygart said in a interview with Germany's ZDF TV.

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