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Alberto Salazar Is Suspended by SafeSport After Accusations of Verbal Abuse

Alberto Salazar, the famed and disgraced distance running coach, has been placed on the United States Center for SafeSport’s temporarily banned list, a disciplinary action that could result in a lifetime ban.

The center investigates and rules on accusations of misconduct and abuse, and it maintains a centralized database of disciplinary action. The list includes ongoing investigations into coaches’ behavior.

Salazar’s name appeared on the list Friday, four months after the United States Anti-Doping Agency barred him from the sport for four years for doping violations, including tampering with the doping control process and trafficking in testosterone.