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There is a problem on Kenya’s running track and we will have to deal with it. Live with it is more like it. Early this week, it was reported that Kenya’s Asbel Kiprop, the former Olympics and triple world 1,500m champion had failed a doping test. What followed was expected of ordinary Kenyans even as the local athletics bodies called for caution, but were also guarded in their reactions.
This is not the first time Kenyans are being accused of doping or of doing something contrary to sporting rules, and several athletes in the wider sense of the word, have had to live with the consequences.
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