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Kenya passes anti-doping law amendments amid Olympic ban threat

Kenyan lawmakers passed Thursday amendments to an anti-doping bill to avoid a possible Olympics ban after being ruled non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

A new anti-doping law drafted in consultation with WADA was passed last month, but the agency later said "inconsistencies" meant it fell short of strict international standards and declared Kenya "non-compliant with immediate effect."

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