"The investigators are pursuing leads from the Sunday Times newspaper," the police said in an affidavit. Michael Rotich has denied the accusation published in Britain's Sunday Times newspaper, which said he had been filmed by undercover journalists, posing as athlete representatives, some months ago. Kenya's president in April signed into law a bill criminalising doping that was demanded by the World Anti-Doping Agency to avoid the Rio ban. The police, who arrested Rotich on his return from Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, requested he be held for 28 days saying the investigation was "incomplete and requires more time". Kenya, a country with a history of middle and long-distance running excellence, has been tainted by up to 40 Kenyan runners failing dope tests in the past four years.

Source: Standard Digital August 10, 2016 16:52 UTC