With just two months left before the olympics, Kenya has suspended 33 of its athletes for violating anti doping rules.
Twenty six track and field athletes, led by reigning Amsterdam Marathon champion Joshua Belet, were among the culprits sanctioned by the anti-doping agency with remaining coming from basketball (3), rugby (3) and handball (1).
Belet, who led a Kenyan 1-2-3 finish to win the Amsterdam Marathon in October, was suspended for the presence of Anabolic Androgenic Steroids, Testosterone, Adiol, Pregnanediol, Androsterone and Etiocholanolone.
Other notable names in the list include former Kenya Sevens fly half maestro Brian Wahinya, 2012 World Under-20 5000m champion David Bett, upcoming sprinters Duke Osoro and Joan Jeruto, and basketball players Alex Ramazani, Albert Onyango and James Mwangi Maina.
This comes even as Kenya’s Paris-bound athletes are required to undergo at least three anti-doping tests by July 4 to the lead up to the Summer Games, with the deadline for the first of these tests having elapsed on May 3.
The anti-doping agency attributed the highest number of the culprits to much-enhanced testing among Kenyan sportsmen and women.
