There is need for Athletics Kenya to contain doping menace

Olympic Marathon gold medallist Jemimah Sumgong PHOTO:COURTESY

Reports that Olympic Marathon gold medallist Jemimah Sumgong tested positive for the banned Erythropoietin marks the darkest moment in Kenya's athletics. Granted, it may only be Sumgong's 'A' sample pending results of the 'B' sample.
 

However, it makes little difference because it is from the A sample that the B sample is taken. For the last five years athletics officials have been asked to arrest the growing list of athletes using banned substances yet nothing has been done.