Kenya won’t face IAAF Rio Olympic ban for WADA non-compliance

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Kenya will not be handed an Olympic ban by the IAAF following the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) decision to declare the country’s national anti-doping agency “non-compliant”, the world governing body for athletics has said.

The WADA Foundation Board on Thursday (May 12) acted upon the recommendation of the Compliance Review Committee that the newly-established Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) be declared “non-compliant” with the WADA Code as “outstanding issues had still not been addressed”.

The Kenyan government forced through parliamentary legislation last month after it had missed two previous deadlines set by WADA to show it had in place the necessary measures to be deemed compliant with the WADA Code.

The IAAF confirmed that Kenya would remain on a “monitoring list” for the …

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