But widespread out-of-competition testing is a relatively new development in Kenya, made possible by the establishment of the Wada lab in Nairobi in 2018. Barnaba Korir, the Athletics Kenya executive member, said most of them fall victims as a result of ignorance. So, we have engaged World Athletics on this. The other athlete sitting on three missed tests was Kenyan distance runner Alex Oloitiptip, who registered his third whereabouts failure of 2019 on July 19. In Oloitiptip’s case, however, there was no athlete explanation to explore; he never offered one to the AIU.

Source: Standard Digital January 15, 2021 08:26 UTC