Nairobi, Nov 29: Kenya has decided to set up its first doping test centre soon, Kenya’s athletics chief said Thursday.
According to Athletics Kenya president Isaiah Kiplagat, the new centre will act as a regional blood and urine collection and analysis point. “Nairobi has been chosen because it is more central. It is intended to serve not only Kenya but the rest of the region.”
Officials from the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) and the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) are also due in Kenya next week to help establish the centre, Xinhua reported.
Since January 2012, 17 Kenyan cheats have been identified in a doping test, which contradicted previous assertions from Athletics Kenya that its runners are spotless.
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