Nike to launch immediate investigation into damning allegations about Oregon Project track team
says it's taking allegations about the body-shaming that went on at the Oregon Project "seriously," and that it will launch an "immediate" investigation to hear from runners on the now-shuttered team.
"These allegations are completely inconsistent with our values," a spokesperson told CNBC in an emailed statement.told the story of Mary Cain, once a star female athlete on Nike's Oregon Project, a group created to promote long-distance running. Cain said she was "emotionally and physically abused by a system designed by Alberto [Salazar] and endorsed by Nike.
"These are deeply troubling allegations which have not been raised by Mary or her parents before," a Nike spokesperson said. "Mary was seeking to rejoin the Oregon Project and Alberto's team as recently as April of this year and had not raised these concerns as part of that process." Earlier this year, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency banned top running coach Alberto Salazar for four years, on counts of three doping code violations, though the coach has denied any wrongdoing.Nike CEO Mark Parker had been briefed
, multiple times, by Salazar on his experiments with performance-enhancing drugs. Parker responded to those allegations by calling the accounts "highly misleading." He said Nike "looked into these allegations [about Salazar] and did not find that he violated any rules."
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