On platform 18 at Tokyo Station this morning I waited for the 10.10 to Shin-Kobe. No sooner had I found seat 20E in carriage 4 than Alberto Salazar’s name popped up on my phone. The taking down of one of the world’s most famous athletics coaches is a story a long time in the making. It took me back to a tent in Himalayas and the May morning in 2010 I knew Lance Armstrong was doomed. Salazar and Armstrong were friends, so chummy that when he found out about the super-supplement…

Source: The Times October 01, 2019 11:03 UTC