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'WE FEAR NOTHING' Athletes welcome IOC's thorough testing over 'no presumed innocence' rule

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By JONATHAN KOMEN | Jun 23, 2016

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National Olympic Committee of Kenya President Kipchoge Keino and Gem Cambridge International School CEO when he commissioned the 400m tartan running track at the institution on 28-11-2014.PHOTO/DENNIS OKEYO

Kenyan athletes have promised to comply with International Olympic Committee (IOC) requirements ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August.

The move comes after World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) declared Kenya and Russia “non-compliant”, which led to the announcement by IOC President Thomas Bach on Tuesday that athletes from the two nations could no longer be “presumed innocent”.

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