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Nike did not 'systematically dope' runners: CEO Parker
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An athlete wears a pair of Nike shoes with running spikes on the track at the 2019 IAAF Athletics World Championships at the Khalifa International stadium in Doha on October 2, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
An athlete wears a pair of Nike shoes with running spikes on the track at the 2019 IAAF Athletics World Championships at the Khalifa International stadium in Doha on October 2, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

Nike never participated in efforts to "systematically dope" runners, CEO Mark Parker said in an email obtained by AFP Wednesday after sponsored coach Alberto Salazar was given a four-year ban for doping.

"Nike did not participate in any effort to systematically dope any runners ever; the very idea makes me sick," Parker wrote in the email sent to employees on Tuesday following the revelations about the athletics coach.

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(Published 03 October 2019, 09:52 IST)