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World Athletics president Coe says he will back Kenya as it walks the talk in doping fight

Athletics

By Dennis Okeyo | Jan 06, 2023

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World Athletics President Lord Seb Coe (L) and Sports CS Ababu Namwamba during a press conference at Weston Hotel on January 5,2023. (Kelly Ayodi, Standard)

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says he will back Kenya's war on doping by offering full support in the fight against the vice that has tainted the country's image as a global athletics power house.

Coe, who is in the country also met President William Ruto at State House, Nairobi yesterday and also held a closed-door meeting with selected athletes and coaches including former World Cross Country champion Geoffrey Kamowor, Daniel Simiu, sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala, Beatrice Chebet, Irene Cheptai, David Rudisha among others.

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