Alberto Salazar, once a prominent Nike coach of some of the world’s top distance runners, was permanently barred from participating in track and field on Monday by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, which cited Salazar for sexual and emotional misconduct.
Salazar, 62, has 10 business days to request an appeal through arbitration of the ruling made by SafeSport, a nonprofit founded in 2017 to protect athletes from sexual, physical and emotional abuse.
The decision on Monday was the latest stage of a humiliating fall for Salazar, who was suspended for four years in September 2019 by the United States Anti-Doping Agency for violating rules governing banned substances.