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Clean up the doping mess-Tergat
By Joseph Mwangi Former world marathon record holder Paul Tergat has challenged athletes in Kenya to avoid doping and win clean to reclaim Kenya’s fading reputation as an athletics powerhouse. Speaking during the launch of the 11th edition of the sports personality of the year award in Nairobi, Tergat said that the recent doping accusation leveled against Kenyan athletes had ...
Read MoreMutinda banned for doping in USA
Joseph Mutinda has become the latest Kenyan athlete to be banned for doping with the US-based marathon runner copping a three-year suspension. The US Anti-Doping Agency said in a statement, Mutinda, who trains in Santa Fe, admitted to the use of various banned performance enhancing drugs after twice testing positive for 19-norandrosterone, a metabolite of an anabolic agent. More th...
Read MoreTop athletics coach Alberto Salazar faces doping claims, BBC reports
One of the world's best known athletics coaches is at the centre of doping allegations, according to a BBC investigation. Alberto Salazar has been accused of violating anti-doping rules, including claims he was involved in doping US record holder Galen Rupp, in 2002. Rupp and GB Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah are part of Salazar's US stable, the Nike Oregon Project. There ...
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