• Athletics’ governing body says it has been looking into claims since March
• IAAF encourages anyone with information to come forwardThe pressure on Athletics Kenya intensified further on Tuesday as the IAAF revealed it had been investigating alleged doping cover-ups in the country since March. The IAAF’s admission came just hours after Dick Pound,who led the damning Independent Commission report into Russian athletics, also warned “a lot of performance-enhancing drugs” were being used in Kenya.
Athletics’ world governing body confirmed that its Ethics Commission, and which is to publish a report into the alleged corrupt behaviour of several former members of the International organization of Athletics Federations next month,is investigating the African country. “An IAAF staff member referred allegations of the covering up of doping in Kenya to the IAAF Ethics Commission in March of 2015,” the federation admitted.
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Source: theguardian.com