Alberto Salazar Barred From Sport For Life

Former Olympic coach Alberto Salazar’s appeal of his lifetime ban for sexual misconduct was rejected by the US Center for SafeSport in the latest, and likely final beat of his once-storied career.

The 63-year-old Salazar was handed the lifetime ban in July but appealed the case. His entry in the SafeSport database was updated this week to “permanent ineligibility,” signalling the appeal had been rejected. The SafeSport center does not reveal details of its investigations.

It is not known what guilt or offenses Salazar was banned for. SafeSport, an independent body that handles abuse and wrongdoing cases in Olympic sports, does not display its decision. Maurice Suh, Salazar’s lawyer, did not answer a request for comment.

Earlier this year, in a separate case, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a four-year ban for a series of doping-related violations that occurred while Salazar was training Olympians with the Nike project.
Shortly after that decision, Nike shut down the running team.

Salazar won the Boston and New York Marathons in the early 1980s and went on to coach several Olympic medalists, including Mo Farah and Galen Rupp. None of Salazar’s former runners has been charged with doping violations.