Doha (AFP)
The President of the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) Sebastian Coe said Wednesday during a press briefing that the outbreak of the case Salazar, the name of the controversial coach suspended four years for "incitement" to doping , did not "derail" the Doha Worlds.
American Alberto Salazar, British coach Mo Farah until 2017 and athletes competing at the World Championships, was suspended on Tuesday for four years for "organizing and inciting doping conduct prohibited" by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada ).
"It does not derail the worlds," Coe said, "It may be a problem for the media, but in reality it's not a major issue for most people watching these championships."
"This has an impact on the athletes (Salazar group, ed) but IAU (Athletics Integrity Unit, responsible for investigating cases of doping and corruption, ed) has been in contact with these athletes, "said the British leader," we have the systems in place to handle this now, and if that was the case five or ten years ago, people would have looked at each other and wondered what we are doing. that in a few minutes we knew what the process was. "
"The charges brought by Usada are serious," said Sebastian Coe, "from where IAU contacted all the athletes involved, and a banned coach must break off his relationship with his athletes. . "
61-year-old Alberto Salazar is the Oregon Project mastermind, a top-notch training group based in the northwestern United States and funded by Nike, a successful player for several years in the middle and middle distance.
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