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GRAND CONSPIRACY? Ex-Olympic champs allege cover-up by federation on doping scandal

Marathoner Rita Jeptoo arrives at the Athletics Kenya offices in Nairobi for her case on doping case hearing on 15-01-2015.PHOTO/DENNIS OKEYO.

Two former Olympic champions have claimed there are attempts to cover up on the people behind the doping scandal that led to Rita Jeptoo’s two-year ban.

Wilfred Bungei, who won Olympic gold in 800m in 2008 in Beijing and John Ngugi, who won 5,000m title in Seoul in 1988, have accused Athletics Kenya (AK) of conspiring to let the real culprits off the hook, while punishing Jeptoo.

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