Alberto Salazar, the former head and coach of the Nike Oregon Project, was banned for life on Monday for sexual and emotional misconduct.

This comes from an entry on the website of the US Center For SafeSport, based in Denver, Colorado.

The 62-year-old Salazar, one of the best marathon runners in the world in the 1980s, founded a training group for the sporting goods manufacturer Nike in 2001, in which he looked after the four-time British Olympic champion Mo Farah, among others. In August 2019, he was banned from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) for four years for "orchestrating and promoting prohibited doping behavior". He also used the substances L-carnitine and testosterone, which are banned in sport, and tried to manipulate and hinder doping controls and investigations.

Usada chief executive Travis Tygard announced that witnesses were anonymously threatened with death during the multi-year investigation. Salazar takes action against the ban before the Supreme Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Lausanne. In 2019, when the runner Mary Cain and subsequently other athletes reported inappropriate pressure and exposure within the group, Salazar was temporarily banned from the Center For SafeSport. Salazar declined to comment on the suspension to his home newspaper The Oregonion. He can appeal.