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IAAF suspends 3 senior Kenyan track and field officials
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 01 - 12 - 2015

Three leading Kenyan athletics officials have been suspended by the ethics commission of athletics' governing body, the IAAF, over corruption allegations and the "potential subversion of the anti-doping control process" in the African country.
Athletics Kenya president Isaiah Kiplagat, vice president David Okeyo and 2015 world championships team leader Joseph Kinyua have been suspended for 180 days "in the interests of the integrity of the sport", the commission said in a statement Monday.
In the latest scandal to envelop a beleaguered sport, the trio from one of the world's most successful athletics nations also face accusations that they were involved in "the potential improper diversion from Athletics Kenya of funds received from Nike."
The IAAF also said a prima facie case had "also been found to exist in respect of Mr Kiplagat in relation to receipt, personally or by Athletics Kenya, of an apparent gift of two motor vehicles" from the Qatar Athletics Federation in 2014-15.
The ethics commission stressed that the suspensions were provisional and "in no way" prejudged the outcome of the investigation to be carried out by barrister Sharad Rao.
The trio would remain presumed innocent until the outcome of the investigation, it added.
Kenyan athletics has been thrown into turmoil recently as the accusations against the trio have surfaced, prompting anger within the athletics community there and vehement denials from the officials.
Dozens of Kenyan athletes stormed the AK headquarters in Nairobi last Monday, locking out officials and demanding that senior officials step down.
Last Friday, the country under close scrutiny from anti-doping bodies after a series of doping cases banned seven more athletes, raising the total number of Kenyan doping cases in the last three years to 40.
Okeyo has denied siphoning off cash from a sponsorship deal between Nike and Athletics Kenya following reports in Britain's Sunday Times and local Kenyan newspapers alleging he made personal withdrawals from an AK account in which the American sportswear firm had deposited money.
Kenyan police have questioned all three officials in relation to the withdrawals.
Okeyo said in a statement last month that there was "no embezzlement of funds" whatsoever on his part, adding that the deal with Nike was transparent and denying that any cash was missing.
Kiplagat, Okeyo and Kinyua could not be reached for comment by Reuters.
Russia to reform doping agency
Russia says it will reform its national anti-doping agency rather than shut it down.
The agency, known as RUSADA, was suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency on Nov. 18 after being accused of covering up positive drug tests by leading Russian athletes.
WADA has demanded extensive reforms.
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko had suggested that RUSADA could be disbanded, causing a "collapse" in drug testing until a new organization could be established.
However, Mutko told Russia's Tass agency on Monday that RUSADA "will definitely remain as an organization" and that Russia and WADA were cooperating on reforms.
The decision follows a meeting last week between Mutko and WADA director general David Howman in Frankfurt. — Agencies


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