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Nike has decided to close its Nike Oregon Project training group following the recent four-year ban of its founder and coach Alberto Salazar by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada).
The Nike Oregon Project was a camp designed primarily to develop US endurance athletes and Salazar, a celebrated distance runner who had won three consecutive New York City marathons from 1980, had been its head coach.
Written by Reuters
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Nike Oregon Project shut down after Alberto Salazar’s four-year ban
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