THIS is the notice handed out to the Doha security staff to ensure disgraced Alberto Salazar does not try to enter the IAAF World Athletics Championship.
SunSport has obtained a photo of the A4 paper handed out to those personnel stationed at entry checkpoints of the Khalifa International Stadium in Qatar.
Security staff at the World Athletics Championships have been handed this notice to not let Alberto Salazar in the Khalifa International Stadium
It has an image of the banned 61-year-old Alberto Salazar, a team coach for the United States Track and Field squad, with the words in bold red lettering: “THIS BADGE MUST BE WITHDRAWN. THIS RECORD IS CANCELLED FROM IAAF.”
On Tuesday, drugs cheat Salazar had his world championship credentials ripped up after he received a four-year suspension by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
A USADA probe found the American, 61, committed multiple anti-doping violations while working as head coach of the Nike Oregon Project (NOP).
Their ruling found Salazar “possessed and trafficked a banned performance-enhancing substance and administered or attempted to administer a prohibited method to multiple track-and-field athletes”.
He is also accused of “tampering and/or attempted tampering with NOP athletes’ doping control process”.
Salazar guided Mo Farah to four Olympic gold medals and six world titles while working together at the NOP in the States.
Mo Farah’s former coach Salazar, 61, has received a four-year suspension by the US Anti-Doping AgencyCredit: PA:Press Association
British long-distance star Farah, 36, is not accused of any wrongdoing and has not been part of the USADA investigation.
Cuban-born Salazar, rejects the findings and plans to appeal the decision. He said: “I’m shocked by the outcome.
“I have always ensured the WADA code is strictly followed. The Oregon Project has never and will never permit doping.”
Still, his shadow casts a long one over these world championships.
American middle-distance runner Donavan Brazier, a product of the NOP, last night won the 800 metres in a championship record time of 1min 42.34sec.
Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan, the newly-crowned 10,000m world champion, will run today against Laura Muir in the 1500m.
Hassan has been warned by the Athletics Integrity Unit not to contact or speak with Salazar.
Instead, she will be temporarily mentored by Charles van Commenée, head coach of Dutch Athletics, who is known in the UK for acting as head coach for British Athletics between September 2008 and December 2012.
BBC Panorama documentary that led to a four year ban for Alberto Salazar
Source: Athletics - thesun.co.uk
