Wada says Kenya non-compliant with anti-doping code

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has alleged that Kenya's Anti-Doping Agency (ADAK) is non-compliant pinch its codification and nan eastbound African federation will look consequences adjacent period unless definite conditions are met.

Wada said successful a connection released connected nan eve of nan World Championships successful Tokyo that ADAK had not addressed "several captious requirements" which were highlighted successful an audit successful May past year.

ADAK has 21 days from receiving general announcement to conflict Wada's allegation of non-compliance.

Wada's determination was taken by its executive committee pursuing recommendations from its independent compliance reappraisal committee.

Its connection added nan decision, and its consequences, will participate into unit connected 2 October, aft nan extremity of nan World Championships, unless nan determination is challenged earlier nan aforesaid date.

Under imaginable sanctions, ADAK will suffer each Wada privileges including backing and information successful agency programmes and Kenyan representatives will beryllium barred from holding positions connected Wada boards aliases committees.

Kenya would besides beryllium barred from being awarded nan authorities to big regional, continental aliases world championships and different world events during immoderate play of non-compliance.

The eastbound African federation intends to bid to big either nan 2029 aliases 2031 World Athletics Championships aft failing successful an effort to big this year's edition, which originates connected Saturday.

BBC Sport Africa has contacted Kenyan officials for remark connected Wada's announcement.

Doping has been an rumor pinch Kenyan athletics for a number of years, pinch a full of 19 individuals from nan state banned by nan Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) successful 2025 alone.

Six others person been provisionally suspended since January including Ruth Chepngetich, nan women's marathon world grounds holder.

Another marathon runner, Sabastian Sawe, nan fastest man successful nan world this year, said connected Thursday nan rumor has "become for illustration a crab for Kenyan athletes".

In a statement, external astir his ain testing regimen pinch nan AIU, nan victor of some nan London and Valencia marathons claimed "doping is simply a immense problem successful our country".

Meanwhile, Ethiopian mediate region runner Diribe Welteji will miss nan World Championships aft nan Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) granted a petition from nan AIU to provisionally suspend her.

The 23-year-old, who won metallic successful nan 1500 metres astatine nan past World Championships successful Budapest 2 years ago, was cleared of a complaint of failing aliases refusing to taxable a doping sample by nan Ethiopian Anti-Doping Authority successful precocious August.

The AIU appealed to Cas, releasing a connection connected Thursday saying it had requested Welteji beryllium ineligible to compete until nan matter was adjudicated.

Cas confirmed she will beryllium suspended for nan long of its arbitration process.

Welteji was scheduled to tally successful nan women's 1500m heats astatine Tokyo's National Stadium connected Saturday.