Allegations of doping under running coach Alberto Salazar

Cody Olsen Jul 4, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Two news groups are reporting allegations that Olympic silver medalist runner Galen Rupp and his coach at the Nike Oregon Project, Alberto Salazar, are involved with the use of performance enhancing substances. ProPublica and BBC interviewed former teammates and former assistant coach Steve Magness, alleging that coach Salazar encourages the</p></h2>
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            <p>Two news groups are reporting allegations that Olympic silver medalist runner Galen Rupp and his coach at the Nike Oregon Project, Alberto Salazar, are involved with the use of performance enhancing substances. <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/former-team-members-accuse-coach-alberto-salazar-of-breaking-drug-rules?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">ProPublica</a> and <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-32877702?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">BBC</a> interviewed former teammates and former assistant coach Steve Magness, alleging that coach Salazar encourages the use of substances like thyroid hormone and asthma medication, to give his athletes an edge. In 2013 Rupp was tested 28 times, which every test coming back negative.</p>
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Two news groups are reporting allegations that Olympic silver medalist runner Galen Rupp and his coach at the Nike Oregon Project, Alberto Salazar, are involved with the use of performance enhancing substances. ProPublica and BBC interviewed former teammates and former assistant coach Steve Magness, alleging that coach Salazar encourages the use of substances like thyroid hormone and asthma medication, to give his athletes an edge. In 2013 Rupp was tested 28 times, which every test coming back negative.

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By Cody Olsen

Cody Olsen was an editorial intern with Crosscut. He has a degree in Political Science from WWU, a passion for Journalism and a love for making movies on the side. This past summer he spent a few mont