Former Olympic 800 metres champion Paul Ereng believes ignorance, greed and neglect by officials are to blame for the increase in doping incidents among his Kenyan compatriots. Our sport must be cleaned even if it means new screening...," the 48-year-old added in the north Rift Valley town hosting this week's Kenyan Olympic trials. You don't lock out B or C students from college education and make it only accessible to A students," he added. Expressing his approval of Eldoret acting as venue for the trials because it was "the heartbeat of Kenyan athletics", Ereng was critical of officials for only allowing athletes who had attained qualifying times to compete. Kenya, famed for middle and long distance athletics prowess, has come under increasing global scrutiny following failed doping cases involving its elite athletes, among them three-time Boston Marathon winner Rita Jeptoo.

Source: The Star June 29, 2016 13:30 UTC