Alberto Salazar determined to prove innocence from doping allegations

Mo Farah’s coach Alberto Salazar has denied “all allegations of doping” and is determined to prove his innocence following allegations he had overseen Galen Rupp’s use of banned substances.

Farah pulled out of Sunday’s Diamond League meeting in Birmingham, returning to the Nike Oregon Project to challenge Salazar to prove he has a clean record. UK Athletics bosses have vowed to examine all two-time Olympic gold-winner Farah’s medical records, while his coach Salazar hit back at the claims by the BBC’s Panorama programme that he helped US star Rupp take anabolic steroids.

“I have said all along that I believe in a clean sport, hard work and I deny all allegations of doping,” said Salazar in a statement to The Guardian.