Lord Coe has described the crisis surrounding Zara Hyde Peters at UK Athletics as “a horrible episode” but has backed the organisation’s leaders to take it to a brighter future.
UKA announced on November 25 that Hyde Peters would not take up the chief executive post following reports about a safeguarding issue related to her husband.
Lord Coe, the president of World Athletics, does not believe the affair will cause the organisation long-term damage.
“So it doesn’t surprise me that they would want to go back and look at this.”
Nike said in October it was closing down the Oregon Project where Salazar worked as head coach.
Farah, who has won gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, has never failed a drugs test and has always strenuously denied breaking any anti-doping regulations.
The independent review is expected to report back in spring 2020.
