For the men and women in the Nike Oregon Project who became whistle-blowers in the case against Alberto Salazar, it has been a long 10 years. They have been ridiculed, castigated and dismissed, as those who take on people in positions of power often are. For those who blew the whistle and testified against Salazar, the suspension landed with a thud. No sense of joy or triumph; rather, a moment to consider the mess that was made of their lives. “It’s been an emotional and heavy last few weeks,” said Kara Goucher, an Olympian who once regarded Salazar as a father figure, then went to the F.B.I.

Source: New York Times October 06, 2019 18:22 UTC