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Kenya commits to new World Athletics' anti-doping program

CS sports AMB. Amina Mohamed together with ADAK CEO Japhter Rugut and Daniel Makdwallo Chairman of ADAK Board of Directors FILE PHOTO

Kenya is backing World Athletics' (WA) new testing program that was launched on Tuesday targeting top road runners in marathon, half-marathon and long distances.

With the running calendar slowly resuming amid global COVID-19 setbacks, WA's anti-doping watchdog Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) is stepping up measures to increase testing of athletes with Kenya, a long distance running powerhouse key in their testing program.

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