Breaking: Telegraph Exclusive: FBI joins probe into Mo Farah coach Alberto Salazar

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Marryin jonz!

It's going down for the NOP now that the FBI is involved. We've seen this movie before with Balco, Marion, and Lance.

I bet Mo, Galen, Salazar, etc. end up making a backroom deal to get busted on the 100ml infusions in return for the real damaging stuff to not come out. That'll help them save face to the public so they can claim a doctor messed up and gave them an ounce and a half too much of something that is available to the general public in pill form anyway.

The show must go on.

dadadada_thuth wrote:

It's going down for the NOP now that the FBI is involved. We've seen this movie before with Balco, Marion, and Lance.

SALAZAR it appears, is COACH, DOCTOR and PHARMACIST all in one. He also apparently decides when athletes are to take their preparations and WHAT DOSE THEY SHOULD GET.

In a Dec. 20, 2011, email to Rupp, he wrote: "TAKE A FULL EXTRA LEVOXYL (T4) TONIGHT AND START ON CYTOMEL (T3) RIGHT AWAY. P.S. I'VE GOT CYTOMEL. IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, CALL ME AND I'LL DRIVE IT OVER."

ALBERTO SALAZAR IS NOT A DOCTOR and should not be telling Galen Rupp to take "a full extra Levoxyl (T4)" and "start on cytomel (T3) right away".

Then ALBERTO says that HE HAS THE PRESCRIPTION THYROID HORMONE DRUG CYTOMEL!!!... AND CAN DRIVE IT OVER TO GALEN RUPP.

IF THAT HAPPENED, IT WOULD MEAN THAT GALEN RUPP WOULD BE TAKING ALBERTO'S PRESCRIPTION DRUG CYTOMEL.

ALBERTO SALAZAR IS ALSO NOT A PHARMACY AND SHOULD NOT BE DISTRIBUTING THE PRESCRIPTION THYROID HORMONE DRUG CYTOMEL TO ANY OTHER PEOPLE…INCLUDING GALEN RUPP…BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL.

Questions:

1) Why does Alberto Salazar have the prescription thyroid hormone drug cytomel at his house?

2) Does Alberto Salazar have a prescription from his doctor to take cytomel for his 'hypothyroidism' medical condition?... in addition to having a prescription from his doctor for testosterone gel to treat his 'hypogonadism' medical condition?

3) Is Alberto having BIG FUN yet???

LIVE STRONG ALBERTO

14 Minutes is an inspirational account of a man who has fought with the Grim Reaper and won. Since he put on his first pair of running shoes, Alberto Salazar has been defying the odds. Through his memoir, people have the privilege to get to know this truly great man and walk away with a renewed appreciation for life.” ―Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor and 7-time Tour de France champion

In this photo:

Alberto Salazar is on the far left.

I am...on the far right...next to Mark Wetmore.

He said: “I voluntarily provided Usada with medical records, including blood test results, documenting that I have suffered from a diagnosed disability for more than 20 years.

Sorry, Alberto, but testosterone is not an FDA-approved treatment for personality disorders and general mental insufficiency.

I hope he has to eat huge mounds of shit (literally, not symbolically) and he and his athletes all live in infamy for another 100 years, although one of them is bound to land a job as White House Exercise Guru or something.

Verify, verify, verify wrote:

Side bar 2: I would love to see a reputable investigative reporter look at this NOP story more objectively. If we believe Salazar, his athletes and Nike can lie and cheat, then why can't we believe that Goucher, Magness and USADA are capable and motivated to lie on the same scale? It may be time for a little historical revisionism and objectivity.

1) Did you read Chavez's piece. It very clearly says that it's coming from another source just as we do, "Nike Oregon Project coach Alberto Salazar, who oversees the training of several Olympic medalists, is being investigated by the FBI, according to Ben Rumsby of The Telegraph."

2) Your joking right when you say you need a "reputable investigative reporter"? The whole thing was kicked off by David Epstein of ProPublica. It's one of the world's most respected outlets as they are non -profit.

No one has lied about anything. All along, I've said what's interesting about this story is people are admitting to what has been alleged. It's just up for debate if that's a doping violation or if there is more as well.

What did Magness lie about? Everything he's said has been admitted to.

a) Androboost in high school. Proven with picture. Admitted to by Salazar.

b) Androgel on sun - Salazar admitted.I thought for sure he'd deny this.

c) Abuse of prescription drugs - It's been confirmed by emails.

We have an email from Salazar (I'm assuming magness was cc'd on them and that's how we got them) - a non -doctor to Rupp insisting he take Cytomel immediately and if he doesn't have any he'll give him some of his own. It seems right there that Salazar clearly violated the law - maybe not anti-doping law - but prescription drug laws as Cytomel isn't banned.

The FBI getting involved, if true, is the real game changer as they have investigative power. As a reporter once reminded me, how did all of the big fish go down? Bonds, Jones, Lance? Only when the feds got involved.

And the FBI can't get involved unless crimes are committed but we pretty mcuh know already that Salazar violated presciption drug laws.

Mr. Obvious wrote:

[quote]TrackCoach wrote:

I am just wondering what the stakes would be that would interest the FBI and justice department in general.

I think their involvement and prosecution of Bonds and Clemons is largely seen as a failure. I don't think the conviction of Jones and Montgomery for check fraud is seen as some kind of win for clean sport. Maybe the Balco prosecution in general is a win.

From what we know (and USADA may have a ton more than we know) the FBI interest would involve Alberto giving pills from one athletes prescription to another athlete and mailing a few pills over the border. Things that go on all over American every single day. Involving substances that are legal to use in sport.

I'm just not seeing a convincing case for why the FBI would do anything

I view the FBI's investigation of Bonds to be a huge win. Same thing with Clemens. Balco - HUGE win.

Yes, these crimes go on every day. So what. The feds can selectively go after whoever the hell they want. Remember the chief WADA investigator for a while was a big time DEA agent - Jack Robertson. If he gets an old buddy interested, that's all it takes.

I would love for the feds to go after roids in the NFL.

rojo wrote:

Your joking right when you say you need a "reputable investigative reporter"? The whole thing was kicked off by David Epstein of ProPublica. It's one of the world's most respected outlets as they are non -profit.

This doesn't matter to deniers, rojo. It's the whole phenomenon of screaming "fake news!" whenever the news is unpalatable, and then going after the sources no matter how credentialed and respected those sources are.

EPSN had fun with this one a long time ago:

"I meant a large audience."

LetsRun.com wrote:

https://twitter.com/SITimLayden/status/839263460424822784

Typical British Press throwing out headlines knowing full and well its not true and the FBI will do nothing to say yes or no on any investigation.

Mo is an easy target for the British press which thrives on scandal.

How do you view the investigation of Bonds to be a huge win? He was convicted of one count at trial but that was overturned on appeal.

How do you view the investigation of Clemons to be a huge win? Clemons was found not guilty on all counts.

The feds spent millions of dollars on these investigations. I consider that a huge waste.

Bill Rodgers raced almost as fast as these f#$ks and for a bowl of stew. He didn't even get extra stew for winning.

karpopper wrote:

Bill Rodgers raced almost as fast as these f#$ks and for a bowl of stew. He didn't even get extra stew for winning.

You are correct in his racing ability.

He was taking under the table money from Tiger for wearing their shoes.

Mr. Obvious wrote:

How do you view the investigation of Bonds to be a huge win? He was convicted of one count at trial but that was overturned on appeal.

How do you view the investigation of Clemons to be a huge win? Clemons was found not guilty on all counts.

The feds spent millions of dollars on these investigations. I consider that a huge waste.

Sorry, mister, but you are going to have to do better than that. On the internet, moral outrage beats true fact every time.

rjm33 wrote:

Then ALBERTO says that HE HAS THE PRESCRIPTION THYROID HORMONE DRUG CYTOMEL!!!... AND CAN DRIVE IT OVER TO GALEN RUPP.

IF THAT HAPPENED, IT WOULD MEAN THAT GALEN RUPP WOULD BE TAKING ALBERTO'S PRESCRIPTION DRUG CYTOMEL.

ALBERTO SALAZAR IS ALSO NOT A PHARMACY AND SHOULD NOT BE DISTRIBUTING THE PRESCRIPTION THYROID HORMONE DRUG CYTOMEL TO ANY OTHER PEOPLE…INCLUDING GALEN RUPP…BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL.

ANY prescription drug MUST be in a bottle with (1) the person's name on it, (2) the expiration date, (3) quantity of the drug inside, (4) dosage instructions, (5) the prescribing doctor's name, and (6) the pharmacy's name.

So far Salazar has been using drug bottles with the labels ripped off and the drug name hand written by him on it.

Salazar is DONE.

TrackCoach wrote:

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

The interesting thing about Conte is, contrary to his statements that he only got into PEDs in the late-90s, the truth is he has admitted his shot putter was on the roids in 1988. So if Balco was a PED scheme from day one and Alberto was a customer from the beginning. Guess what that means?

In the 1980s, BALCO was a highly respected supplement's company used by ton of elite athletes, myself included. Even when BALCO started peddling PEDs, they sold products to clean athletes as well.

Yourself included? did you send urine samples in the mail to Victor Conte just like Alberto? "Everyone was doing it" he said. Who's everyone? BALCO was not a medical lab.

Drug Labels wrote:

So far Salazar has been using drug bottles with the labels ripped off and the drug name hand written by him on it.

Salazar is DONE.

DONE under what rules?

1) Abuse of prescription drugs is not mentioned in WADA rules.

2) Federal drug laws are subject to the Federal statute of limitations, 18 U.S. Code § 3282, which is five years. This means Alberto cannot be charged for anything that he did before January, 2012. Since the Androgel experiment was run in 2009 and the Kara/Cytomel episode was in 2011, he is likely to be clear of them.

3) The Oregon Statute is only three years, so ditto.

PS There are nuances involving "tolling" of the statute of limitations which might apply.

rojo wrote:

I would love for the feds to go after roids in the NFL.

Why would you think there is a steroid problem in the NFL?

I am shocked, shocked! wrote:

Drug Labels wrote:

So far Salazar has been using drug bottles with the labels ripped off and the drug name hand written by him on it.

Salazar is DONE.

DONE under what rules?

1) Abuse of prescription drugs is not mentioned in WADA rules.

2) Federal drug laws are subject to the Federal statute of limitations, 18 U.S. Code § 3282, which is five years. This means Alberto cannot be charged for anything that he did before January, 2012. Since the Androgel experiment was run in 2009 and the Kara/Cytomel episode was in 2011, he is likely to be clear of them.

3) The Oregon Statute is only three years, so ditto.

PS There are nuances involving "tolling" of the statute of limitations which might apply.

Armstrong learned the hard way that the statute of limitations is out the door when drug cheating is involved. It is eight years to test the last sample collected, but cheating extends the tolling. You should know this if you are going to comment.

Since you're standing next to Wetmore, ask him why he sent Kara Goucher to Dr Brown, well before she joined the NOP.