Mo Farah's coach and training partner caught up in doping row – BBC report

Alberto Salazar - who coaches Mo Farah and his training partner Galen Rupp at the prestigious Nike running camp based in Portland, Oregon – has been accused of according to the BBC “of violating anti-doping rules, including claims he was involved in doping US record holder Galen Rupp, in 2002.”

There is no suggestion or evidence that Farah has broken any rules.

"I have not taken any banned substances and Alberto has never suggested that I take a banned substance,” Farah said to the BBC.

"From my experience, Alberto and the Oregon Project have always strictly followed Wada rules and if there is ever a question seek guidance from Usada to ensure they are correctly interpreting Wada's rules."

The report does add that none of the Nike Oregon Project (NOP) athletes have ever failed a drug test.

In a statement to the BBC, Salazar said: “The allegations your sources are making are based upon false assumptions and half-truths in an attempt to further their personal agendas.

"I believe in a clean sport and a methodical, dedicated approach to training and have never, nor ever will, endorse the use of banned substances with any of my athletes," he added via a statement.

The report claims it heard evidence that Rupp was “given the banned anabolic steroid testosterone in 2002, when he was 16 years old.”

Rupp said: "I am completely against the use of performance enhancing drugs.

"I have not taken any banned substances and Alberto has never suggested that I take a banned substance."

Salazar is a US athletics legend, who won the New York marathon three years in a row and ran himself unconscious in winning the Boston marathon in 1982.