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Steve Magness watched the 2012 London Olympics 10,000-meters final from his couch in Houston. As soon as the runners crossed the line, his phone lit up with congratulatory texts. Just two months earlier, Magness had been assistant coach and scientific adviser to the prestigious Nike Oregon Project, a decade-long effort to help top American distance runners compete with the juggernaut of Kenyans and Ethiopians. Now, in this 10K, the Project had its magnum opus.
About This Investigation
This ProPublica story was done in partnership with the BBC program Panorama and its reporter Mark Daly. On Wednesday, Panorama is devoting its hourlong program to a three-part investigation into the use of drugs in track and field. ProPublica teamed with BBC on the final part. Read more
In a frenetic sprint to the finish, Great Britain's Mo Farah and American Galen Rupp—friends and training partners at Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon—pulled away from a pack of east Africans to cross the line first and second, a mere half-second apart, before turning to embrace. Ethiopian men had won the previous four Olympic 10Ks, and the last time an American man earned a medal of any color was in 1964, 22 years before Rupp was born. A giant banner featuring a photo of the duo's exultant finish would soon adorn a fitness center on Nike's campus, the same center recently un-named for cyclist Lance Armstrong.
https://www.propublica.org/article/f...ing-drug-rules
About This Investigation
This ProPublica story was done in partnership with the BBC program Panorama and its reporter Mark Daly. On Wednesday, Panorama is devoting its hourlong program to a three-part investigation into the use of drugs in track and field. ProPublica teamed with BBC on the final part. Read more
In a frenetic sprint to the finish, Great Britain's Mo Farah and American Galen Rupp—friends and training partners at Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon—pulled away from a pack of east Africans to cross the line first and second, a mere half-second apart, before turning to embrace. Ethiopian men had won the previous four Olympic 10Ks, and the last time an American man earned a medal of any color was in 1964, 22 years before Rupp was born. A giant banner featuring a photo of the duo's exultant finish would soon adorn a fitness center on Nike's campus, the same center recently un-named for cyclist Lance Armstrong.
https://www.propublica.org/article/f...ing-drug-rules
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015