Stating the obvious wrote:
It's a really really good question.
I don't see Nike making any exceptions here so I wonder if he crossed over in sponsors too.
I wish him luck but he said that AlSal can give him full time attention... he's one of the bigger horses in the stable now, but its a big stable.
OTC wrote:just was wondering how Farah gets to train with a Nike program when he is an adidas athlete? I guess exceptions were made? can anyone elaborate on this?
I would conjecture that Ricky just finished a deal with Nike. I see no way that Salazar could coach an adidas athlete. He was training with them in an "unofficial" capacity while the deal was still going on. Now that the deal is done, he was able to announce it officially. Or, maybe I'm wrong, and the powers that be in Portland have made a massive exception (I doubt it). You'll all find out in a few hours when the 5000m starts in Birmingham.