Nike Runner Mary Cain Claims Coach Alberto Salazar Emotionally Physically Abused Her Forced Her To Lose Weight
“I got caught in a system designed by and for men, which destroys the bodies of young girls. Rather than force young girls to fend for themselves, we have to protect them,” Cain says. Cain, once the fastest female runner in America, gave up a college career to join the Nike Oregon Project, a long-distance running team established by the shoe company. In a New York Times op-ed video published on Thursday, she says she joined Nike to become the “best female athlete ever” but instead was emotionally and physically abused....