Is the situation so desperate that the government, Athletics Kenya and other anti-doping machinery are losing the battle? These are the questions being asked following the shocking news that former world marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang was suspended on Friday for breaching two anti-doping rules. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the anti-doping arm of world athletics governing body World Athletics, confirmed that they had provisionally suspended Kipsang for not updating them on his whereabouts as well as tampering with doping tests. This is particularly shocking and embarrassing, considering that Kipsang broke the world marathon record and won the World Marathon Majors and the 2012 London Olympics bronze medal. Two of those campaigns were the highly successful 2018 and 2019 AK conferences that all the top elite athletes, including Kipsang, attended.

Source: Daily Nation January 12, 2020 19:18 UTC