El Keniano, you're completely full of it on this topic, like quite a few others. Kenya gets drug busts every week on top athletes and expatriates in the Middle East. The steeple's by no means free of dopers. Chepkoech was so much better than any ever, even 7 seconds better than a now busted Kenyan expatriate for hire in the Middle East, and thus another 7 seconds better than the former Eastern European doping world record holder that Coburn was right to be suspicious. It's not as if an 8:15 runner shifted to the steeple. Just to refresh your memory:
"Kenya is in category 'A' of the World Anti-Doping Agency watchlist of countries considered to be the highest doping risk and its athletes must undergo rigorous testing to be eligible to compete at the Olympics and world championships.
Kenyan sports principal secretary Joe Okudo said the ministry had received an official report about the adverse analytical findings on the samples collected from the athlete on July 28, while he was in the Olympic Village.
"The Ministry is still waiting for the conclusion of an appeal filed by the athlete and underscores the Government's commitment in the fight against doping," Okudo said.
Doping has had a profound effect on Kenya's most successful sport with over 60 athletes suspended in the last five years for offences that include failures to declare their whereabouts to anti-doping testers.
Two runners who had failed to meet the requirements were left out of the Kenyan squad before their departure for Tokyo.
Among the top athletes to be sanctioned for doping offences are the 2016 Olympic women's marathon champion Jemima Sumgong, the 2008 men's 1500m gold medallist Asbel Kiprop and former three-time Boston marathon winner Rita Jeptoo."