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Paris 2024: Doping scourge overshadows Kenya's Olympic campaign

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Kenya's Rhonex Kiprutoin past action. He is among a number of Kenyan athletes who have been banned this year over doping violations. [AFP]

Kenya's vaunted distance runners head to the Olympics struggling to emerge from beneath the shadow of a lengthy list of doping scandals that have tarnished the nation's proud reputation as a track and field powerhouse.

Marathon runner Beatrice Toroitich became the latest Kenyan athlete to fall foul of anti-doping rules last month when she was banned for life following a third positive drugs test.

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