Doping widespread in Kenya ahead of World Athletics

  • Doping widespread in Kenya ahead of World Athletics
  • Doping widespread in Kenya ahead of World Athletics
  • Doping widespread in Kenya ahead of World Athletics
  • Does Kenya have a track and field anti-doping system?
  • But, according to Clothier, the head of track and field’s anti-doping body, the Athletics Integrity Unit, it is an “incredible” sum considering the relative financial might of Kenya. Testing of track and field athletes in Kenya is now “the best in the world”, Clothier said.
  • Is doping endemic in Kenya?
  • The issue reached a head last November, when an outright ban for the country was on the table before the Kenyan government committed another $5 million a year for the next five years to fight doping, and publicly accepted the problem was endemic and not, as it said for years, the work of a few rogue foreign coaches and agents.
  • Why is doping a problem in Kenya?
  • Unlike Russia, whose state-sponsored doping programme offered advantages to elite athletes and corrupted dozens of international sporting events before it was revealed, doping in Kenya rises organically from the ground up and is complicated by a mix of economic uncertainty and intense competition.
  • Is Kenya a doping pariah?
  • Kenya has achieved unparalleled success in modern distance running, but a wave of positive drug tests over the last decade has made it the sport’s latest doping pariah and pushed it to the brink of a sweeping international ban that would put it alongside Russia.
  • How many athletes are in Kenya's doping testing pool?
  • There were only 38 athletes in Kenya’s national doping testing pool last year, a miniscule amount. There will be 300 this year, Clothier said. Apart from the international track body and the AIU’s attempts to prop up its testing program, Kenya was “a completely uncontrolled environment, quite frankly,” Clothier said.
  • How much did Kenya commit to anti-doping?
  • Before this year, Kenya had committed $2.5 million a year to anti-doping, Clothier said, not nearly enough. There were only 38 athletes in Kenya’s national doping testing pool last year, a miniscule amount. There will be 300 this year, Clothier said.

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