Kenya: 'Unprofessional Tests' Anger Kenyan Runners

Kenya's Olympics-bound athletes have raised concern over the "unprofessional way" in which out-of-competition doping tests were being done in their North Rift residential training camps.The athletes and officials spoke of "telephone calls in the wee hours" by anti-doping officials and disruption of their training programmes by the incoherent tests.

Last month, the International Olympic Committee ordered mandatory tests on all of Kenya's Olympics-bound sportsmen and women after concern from both the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) over's Kenya's "lax" testing regime.

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