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Why ABP testing will turn Kenya's doping crisis into a national disaster

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By Kimathi Kamau | Jul 14, 2019

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*Kenya's Joyce Chepkirui celebrates winning the final of the women's 10,000m athletics event at Hampden Park during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland on July 29, 2014. [AFP]*

On Tuesday, the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and African women 10,000m Joyce Chepkirui became the latest high profile, Kenyan distance runner, to be suspended from competition for doping.

Chepkirui and little-known compatriot Jacob Kibet Chulyo Kendagor, were issued charges by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for doping violations with the former sanctioned for use of a prohibited substance and evading, refusing or failing to submit sample collection for the latter.

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