Athletics coach Alberto Salazar has written an open letter to deny allegations that he has used doping techniques.
Salazar has been accused of violating anti-doping
rules, including claims he was involved in doping US record holder Galen
Rupp - training partner of Britain's Mo Farah - in 2002.
The 56-year-old coach said he "will never permit doping".
He added: "I believe in a clean sport and hard work and so do my athletes."
There is no suggestion double-Olympic champion Farah, who is part of Salazar's Nike Oregon Project (NOP) training operation in the United States, has broken any rules.
A BBC Panorama investigation in collaboration with US journalism organisation ProPublica claimed that American distance runner Rupp, 29, was given the banned anabolic steroid testosterone in 2002, when he was 16 years old. In his letter, Salazar denies that Rupp has ever taken a banned substance.
No allegations were made against other NOP athletes in the investigation.
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