Alberto Salazar’s fall from grace has been spectacular. His career-long relationship with Nike began as a high profile runner in the 80s. He was famed for pushing himself harder than any of his rivals. ibid.
Under Salazar he [Farah] was unbeatable: the London 2012 Olympics were Alberto’s Salazar’s crowning moment as his athletes took gold and silver. ibid.
USADA investigator: So you received L-carnitine before the London marathon?
Farah: Yeah. ibid.
The World Athletics Championships 1995: One British man was billed as a gold medal certainty on the back of a revelatory break-through year. Jonathan Edwards: One Giant Leap, BBC 2020
‘That’s all it is: experience and nothing more.’ ibid. 1988 commentary Seoul Olympics
1995 Spain: 17.98m … 1995 European Cup, Lille: 18.43m [+wind]: ‘my perfect jump’ … World Championships: 18.16 first round … 18.29 second round. ibid.
I’ve always had these issues running through me. But without them I don’t think I could ever accomplish what I did. Untold: Caitlyn Jenner, Netflix 2021
Caitlyn was always living deep inside. ibid.
1976 Montreal: You have an Olympic gold medal on the line and you’re supposed to lay down and sleep. It poured all night long. ibid.