LONG-DISTANCE RUNNING
Farah splits with Salazar to return to London with family
London — Britain’s Olympic and world champion Mo Farah has split with longtime coach Alberto Salazar because he wants to move back to London with his family, he said on Monday. Farah, who moved to Portland, Oregon in 2011 to work with distance guru Salazar, said the decision had nothing to do with doping allegations surrounding the coach, which have been denied. "I’m not leaving the Nike Oregon Project and Alberto Salazar because of the doping allegations," Farah, 34, said. "This situation has been going on for over two years. If I was going to leave because of that, I would have done [it already]." In February, Salazar denied administering banned supplements to his athletes and issued a firm rebuttal of what he said were false allegations against him in a British newspaper. The Sunday Times reported that Salazar had used prohibited infusions of supplements to improve the performance of his runners, citing what the newspaper said was a leaked US Anti-Doping Agency report. But Farah ...
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