The full USADA report on Alberto Salazar has been leaked - Here it is

Sounds like WADA is handling his case, so good luck getting him.

This says it all:

Blood doping shows 5-9% performance improvement. In their testing, Magness received a 7.6% improvement after his l-carnitine infusion. I'd say this qualifies as a performance enhancement.

Mr. Obvious wrote:

rojo wrote:

I am all for medical privacy. WE're not talking about releasing them to the public. We're talking about releasing to USADA.

A) You could redact anything sensitive and

B) We're talking about sharing reports with your visits to Dr. Brown.

They wouldn't have to release they terminated a pregnancy two years ago.

Ritz released his records to USADA and now a whole bunch of those records are now available for public scrutiny.

Would you trust USADA to keep your medical records private?

WADA TUE's (private medical records) also leaked to the public.

People need to stop clouding the issue.

No one is asking for ALL of your medical records. They only want your medical records from Dr. Brown.

Making up crap about a boil on your scrotum is not what anyone would see Dr. Brown for.

Jefe in the CO wrote:

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If I have a positive bias then this report is much ado about nothing, "What, no EPO/steroids/testosterone, etc? Compared to Kenyan, Ethiopia, Russia, Jamaica these guys are looking like Girl Scouts."

Except for the fact that Alberto is clearly OBSESSED with testosterone levels and guess what - he conveniently walks around with a tube of it than he can massage in their legs when he gives the masseuse the night off before races.

rojo wrote:

rojo wrote:

I am all for medical privacy. WE're not talking about releasing them to the public. We're talking about releasing to USADA.

A) You could redact anything sensitive and

B) We're talking about sharing reports with your visits to Dr. Brown.

They wouldn't have to release they terminated a pregnancy two years ago.

This is the type of stuff I'm talking about. Not embarrassing stuff.

It doesn't matter if it is embarrassing or not.

Athletes are under no obligation to provide private medical records.

USADA has proven itself to be extremely poor at guarding private records.

If you are going to provide them to USADA, it appears you might as well post them publicly on Letsrun at the same time.

I don't know what you don't get about this.

Now that all of this has been leaked, those who have lawyered up are SURE to hand over their private information to USADA so the investigation can continue unhindered!

Fair point, no way to know if 5,000 is excessive without being familiar with the details. However sharing the documents just a few days before the interview is a tactic more times than not.

Is this summary right? wrote:

That is true. But it could also be true that discovery requests by USADA are very broad (for example, all correspondence).

Production dump wrote:

Anyone who has been involved in some kind of legal process knows that this is a tactic to waste the other side's time. Basically you create a haystack in which to hide your needles, then you hand it over just before the relevant interview. The idea is to create a situation where the other side is not prepared. Hell, sometimes NONE of the documents are relevant.

Wow - that was long. Kudos to USADA for being so thorough.

First, to everyone out there claiming "spirit of the sport" or "if you're clean then why hide...." - let's be honest here. As a defense attorney, you are not going to subject your client to anything they are not obligated to do. Particularly when the inquisitor is trying to pop you for something. Allegations can be thrown about all they want - but that's all they are - allegations.

For USADA to sanction NOP and have that upheld on appeal, I wonder if it will require a "smoking gun" - meaning, someone fails a drug test and in exchange for leniency gives up the whole system, or USADA directly catches someone in the midst of receiving some infusion or other banned treatment. There is enough here to raise a number of flags and the other part of me therefore wonders whether USADA wants to work out a deal with the TMB and Dr. Brown - perhaps that in exchange for leniency, Dr. Brown perhaps gives up some pertinent information? USADA's reluctance to bring sanctions at this point makes me wonder what its plan is and because they're focusing in on conduct in 2009-2015, they're going to be running out of time for some of the sanctions, soon. This report also makes Dr. Brown look as shady as the BALCO folks from the early 2000s.

Based on the BATES labeling, there are well over 10,000 pages of documents out there that are part of this investigation. These will include the statements of the athletes, e-mails, etc.... You get your hands on some of that information, you will have yourself a gold mine. Some of the interesting little tidbits summarized below piqued my curiosity to say the least:

Page 8 - USADA is going to claim a joint prosecution defense to any communications between the two entities should NOP or any other entity ever subpoena their files/communications. One day, NIKE's outside counsel is going to have a field day fighting them for this.

Pages 27-28 - makes it appear that Dr. Brown and NOP no longer have much of a relationship.

Page 32 - Good move by Nike - Rupp and Salazar would speak under oath but their statements could not be used against them for any rules violations.

Page 34 - Funny that it was Adam Goucher who introduced Salazar to Dr. Brown.

Page 41 - Rupp taking testosterone supplements as young as 16. I can only wonder how his internal organs will function when his career is said and done.

Page 47 - Chris Solinsky treated with Dr. Brown and apparently Salazar sent him?? (page 85) I thought he was always a Schumacher athlete......

Page 54 - Coach Wetmore sends athletes to Dr. Brown

Page 112 - Wow. The nasal spray. Makes me feel bad for Ritz. Must be a welcome feeling to take something for four years and then find out it could make you more susceptible to cancer.

Page 200 - The change to the medical record to make the treatment appear (more??) legal. Dumb move. The doctor's scribbling is also perfect. Hard to read, hard to interpret. Retroactive changes to medical records are never a good idea.

Page 268 - No evidence Farah has done this L-Caratine program with Dr. Brown. I was actually surprised by that. Maybe he just sees someone else?

If any of these athletes ever develop a condition that was caused by misleading advice/instruction, then NIKE/Salazar/Brown could be exposed to a lawsuit somewhere down the road. Reading some of these paragraphs, it looks like some of these athletes were treated like guinea pigs. There has to be some kind of harm from it all, and a causal nexus between the various treatments, failure to obtain informed consent, and the injuries ....

I do genuinely feel bad for some of these athletes who felt as though they had to (possibly) sacrifice their long term health to keep the almighty NIKE contract. At some point it would be nice to see the IAAF and other governing bodies wake up and realize that this type of pressure is exactly what an athlete faces when there can be only one sponsor on the singlet.

rojo wrote:

I am all for medical privacy. WE're not talking about releasing them to the public. We're talking about releasing to USADA.

A) You could redact anything sensitive and

B) We're talking about sharing reports with your visits to Dr. Brown.

They wouldn't have to release they terminated a pregnancy two years ago.

I think you are missing the point. The point is not what USADA planned to do. The problem is what they did do. They planned to keep this information private, but as a matter of fact, they didn't. In other words, despite what they said, releasing your information to the USADA turned out to mean releasing it to the public.

This information got out because someone at USADA was careless.

PS All medical information is sensitive. Why should I have to tell USADA anything about my relations with Dr. Brown? The way the WADA Code is written, USADA does not have a right to that information. Seeing it would be useful to them, but given the Code, they are out of luck.

Page 87 wrote:

USADA’s investigation establishes that Dr. Brown and Alberto Salazar colluded to provide thyroid medication to Oregon Project athletes who lacked a substantial need for the medication. The transparent purpose for mis-prescribing of thyroid medication was a scheme of Salazar, in which Brown participated, to use thyroid medication to attempt to enhance and control the athletic performance of Oregon Project athletes and their ability to recover from difficult workouts and be prepared for key competitions.

rojo wrote:

This is the type of stuff I'm talking about. Not embarrassing stuff.

Again, look at what they did to Welling.

Whether she really lied or they're smearing her we don't know because they're controlling the narrative. You've got to agree the writing is a long ways from impartial.

for what purpose wrote:

Mr. Obvious wrote:

Ritz released his records to USADA and now a whole bunch of those records are now available for public scrutiny.

Would you trust USADA to keep your medical records private?

WADA TUE's (private medical records) also leaked to the public.

People need to stop clouding the issue.

No one is asking for ALL of your medical records. They only want your medical records from Dr. Brown.

Making up crap about a boil on your scrotum is not what anyone would see Dr. Brown for.

You are the one clouding the issue.

Athletes are under no obligation to provide ANY medical records.

USADA has proven to be unable or unwilling to safeguard the privacy of records they have.

I sure as hell wouldn't give them any of my records.

Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.

LetsRun.com wrote:

Page 87 wrote:

USADA’s investigation establishes that Dr. Brown and Alberto Salazar colluded to provide thyroid medication to Oregon Project athletes who lacked a substantial need for the medication. The transparent purpose for mis-prescribing of thyroid medication was a scheme of Salazar, in which Brown participated, to use thyroid medication to attempt to enhance and control the athletic performance of Oregon Project athletes and their ability to recover from difficult workouts and be prepared for key competitions.

Which is not a doping violation in any way, shape, or form. You may not like it. I don't like it. But it is completely within the rules.

Also - assuming that this wasn't just a draft, but the actual report sent to the TMB - it is over one year old and nothing has happened since.

They would have to prove a doping violation (prohibited method or substance) to an arbitration panel to the comfortable satisfaction of the arbiters.

It does not look to me like they could do that, based on my partial reading of the report.

It appears to me that this entire report is meant to work out a deal w/ Dr. Brown by leveraging the authority of the TMB.

Ken Goe claims that the Texas Medical Board has already closed their investigation of Dr. Brown.

I think people need to realize something:

This is NOT a report for the public. It was meant to present a narrative to the TX medical board to compel them to make Dr. Brown lose his license and give statements under oath.

That's why it is written in that manner.

Forcerunner wrote:

Calcotin. Nasal spray

want to avoid wrote:

If anyone read the report, which carcinogenic supplement was he using?

to prevent stress fractures lmao

Mr. Obvious wrote:

I sure as hell wouldn't give them any of my records.

I would add one caveat. Under the WADA Code, Salazar does have the burden of proving he is a valid reason to use Androgel.

The Code is clear: An "Athlete Support Person" can't have a banned,

"unless the Athlete Support Person establishes that the Possession is consistent with a TUE granted to an Athlete in accordance with Article 4.4 or other acceptable justification."

CGeorgeRun wrote:

Also - assuming that this wasn't just a draft, but the actual report sent to the TMB - it is over one year old and nothing has happened since.

Investigations can take a long time and a year would not be at all unusual for the TMB.

Here is an article which outlines their disciplinary process and timelines generally: