Numerous Kenyan athletes have been caught in the use of prohibited substances in recent years.
2.4. 19: 46 • Updated 2.4. 19:47
In athletics, athletes who look at the Kenya World Cup are required to have three negative doping tests to pass the country’s athletics federation selection screen. For the World Championships, the competition from 13th to 21th. September in Tokyo, the capital of Japan.
Kenya strives to get rid of her doping reputation through extensive testing. Numerous Kenyan athletes have been caught in the use of prohibited substances in recent years.
Since 2017, nearly 130 Kenyans have been banned, most of them endurance runners. Last March for a former half marathon ME man Kibiwott kandie He had been temporarily banned because he was not reaching the testers.
The pre-Tokyo World Championships include 444 Kenyans.
– We are testing them in the Games and during the training season, said Athletics Kenya, the Kenya Athletics Association’s Athletics Association Jackson Tuwei.