EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Distance runner Kara Goucher was upset at being portrayed as a liar by Alberto Salazar after her former coach went public to clear his name over doping allegations.
Goucher went on the defensive Sunday after her 5,000-meter race at nationals, saying she’s “fighting to clean up my sport” and started talking to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in 2013.
A story by ProPublica and BBC earlier this month contained allegations by Goucher and a former Salazar assistant that Salazar encouraged elite runners to skirt anti-doping rules. Salazar responded last Wednesday to doping claims by publishing a 12,000-word letter online disputing the allegations, saying the Oregon Project he leads “will never permit doping.”
Salazar devoted significant space to explaining his relationship with Goucher.
Goucher said she doesn’t like “being labeled a liar,” but that her “love for the sport is much stronger than my passion to have people like me.”
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