Det var tydligen britter som bekräftade ryktena om Nike Oregon Project ("NOP"). Ryktena om Mo Farah har varit kraftiga, det vet nog de flesta.
Utredningen har hållit på länge men USADA släpper ju allt mindre om fallen innan dom fallit.
En biträdande coach, Magness var visselblåsare. USADA struntade förstås i problemet från början, tills britterna tog upp det i ett TV-program. Och en tävlande som indirekt pekas ut är ju faktiskt brittisk, Farah.
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I was struck, though, by how resolute Magness had become. He was nervous leading up to the broadcast, as was I, but he had decided this was something he needed to do. He told me: "It would be much easier to just shut up, do my job. I've got a good job, got a good reputation…[but] I can't. Because I'd be living a lie."
Months of meticulous evidence gathering alongside my producer Murdoch Rodgers had gone into making the programme, with a huge amount of oversight from BBC lawyers. We asked for detailed responses from Salazar and Rupp. They issued firm denials, but were short on detail.
Our Panorama programme - Catch Me If You Can - was broadcast in June 2015.
Coe försöker sopa under mattan.
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IAAF president Coe, then a paid Nike ambassador, stood by his "good friend" of 35 years. He said: "Alberto… is a first-class coach. Don't run away with the idea that this [NOP] is a hole-in-the-wall, circa 1970s Eastern Bloc operation. It's not."
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The 2016 Rio Olympics came and went without a whisper from Usada. NOP was once again revelling in Olympic glory. Farah completed a historic double-double by winning the 5,000m and 10,000m, Rupp took bronze in the marathon, Matt Centrowitz won gold in the 1500m. Press reports suggested the Usada investigation had been quietly dropped. Farah gave an interview saying he felt "vindicated" for standing by Salazar.
Den ryska hackergruppen Fancy Bears har ju hackat fram en del dopingdata genom åren. De fick fart på utredningen igen.
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But that bubble soon burst.
In February 2017, the Russian hackers Fancy Bears popped up with a series of devastating sports leaks. Among them, a secret IAAF list of athletes who were "likely doping" was published. It included Farah and Rupp. The pair were among 50 athletes secretly flagged by the Athlete Biological Passport, and subsequently cleared as "normal". Neither has ever tested positive.
Then, a 269-page interim Usada report of its NOP investigation was passed to the Sunday Times by the Russian hackers.
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This judgement can be appealed against, so it is perhaps not the end of the story. But it is surely the end of Salazar's coaching career, and possibly even NOP. Salazar was NOP, and almost nothing happened there without his say-so.
This will have a seismic impact in the world of athletics. Several NOP athletes are running at the World Championships in Doha this week, and one has already won a gold medal - Sifan Hassan in the women's 10,000m. Rupp is due to take on Farah in the Chicago marathon in a fortnight.
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