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Olympic chief Tergat urges for swift action on doping

NOCK President Paul Tergat in a past action. [Photo/Courtesy]

The President of Kenya's Olympic Committee has called for urgent measures to deal with what he described as the "cancer" of doping among athletes in the country.

Kenya, renowned for its distance running pedigree, has been tainted by a number of doping cases involving high-profile athletes in recent years.

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