Only 40 WADA drugs tests in Kenya last year

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8 years ago 02/11/2016 3:20pm EST

Only 40 dope tests by an organisation on Wadas behalf last year in Kenya which did not test blood and only 112 tests by IAAF in the last 2 years which did test blood. Pretty poor state of affairs. Will Kenya be banned from the Olympics if they don't get their doping authority operational soon?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/35551486

'With no operational Nado of its own, testing in Kenya is conducted by the East Africa regional anti-doping organisation on Wada's behalf.

But, with limited resources, it was able to carry out just 40 drugs tests in the country in 2015.

There is no Wada-accredited laboratory in Kenya and the regional agency does not have the facilities to carry out blood tests.

All urine samples have to be tested in South Africa.

'We are very serious'

Over the past two years, the IAAF has conducted 112 blood tests of Kenyan athletes in the country'.

A total of 54 athletes have been tested but the samples have to be taken back to Europe.

8 years ago 02/11/2016 4:38pm EST

re: Flat Stanley

Little bit of a misleading title.

WADA does not do any drug testing, its signatories do. Every drug test is on WADA's behalf: USADA, UKAD, IAAF.

And to clarify, WADA can only recommend consequences: it is up to the IOC to ban the nation, or IAAF to ban the team. WADA can only accredit or discredit its signatories and labs.

8 years ago 02/11/2016 5:26pm EST

re: Flat Stanley

I'm not sure where they are getting their numbers.

For 2014, there were ~200 out of competition bio-passport blood tests total. That would mean some huge part of all ABP blood tests were done on Kenyans.

If it is the same old IAAF, they aggressively test the Kenyans, have positives, then demand bribes to never test positive.

Does the BBC have an advanced copy of WADA's 2015 testing report?

Given Reedie is a doping apologist, I will be very surprised if there's a 2015 annual testing report.

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