Banned coach Alberto Salazar briefed Nike CEO Mark Parker on doping violations numerous times
Banned running coach Alberto Salazar briefed Nike CEO Mark Parker on doping violations on multiple occasions, according to materials released Monday by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Salazar and Dr. Jeffrey Brown, a Nike-sponsored doctor, each received a four-year ban from the sport "for orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping conduct," the USADA announced Monday. Salazar and Brown also conducted another experiment with a supplement called L-carnitine, which helps increase mitochondrial function, the panel said in its report. On December 12, 2011, Salazar sent an email to Parker, Lance Armstrong, and Tom Clarke, president of advanced innovation of Nike about his L-carnitine infusion experiment. He was the head coach of the Nike Oregon Project, a training group based at Nike's headquarters campus in Oregon.
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