According to the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules, National Federations are placed in one of three different categories, A, B and C.
The grouping is done in the order of which country has the highest doping risk to the lowest, with Category A being the highest and category C the lowest.
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On April 5, Athletics Kenya through president Jack Tuwei, confirmed that Kenya still remains in category A in the 2022 season.
This means that no athlete will be added to the team if their name was not present in the list that was sent to Athletic Integrity Union(AIU) before the December 31, 2021 deadline.
All the athletes who are looking to make the teams must have gone through anti-doping education, and testing and attained the qualifying times for each championship.
Being in category A requires the national federation to take all necessary steps to ensure that the athletes from Kenya in the World Athletics Testing Pool provide complete, accurate and updated whereabouts information as required by the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules.
According to AIU, the federation has the responsibility to ensure that athletes are aware and kept informed of their whereabouts obligations.
The Athletics Kenya need to identify at an early stage, athletes who may be selected in the National team for World Athletics Series events taking place in 2022 and thereafter keeping the list updated throughout.
“Ensure that athletes likely to be selected for the World Championships in Eugene and subject to the testing requirements under 15.5.1 c) are informed of these requirements.
“Ensure there is a robust annual testing plan for this group based on risk assessment in cooperation with your (National Anti-Doping Organizations) NADO including in-competition testing and out-of-competition testing, blood testing and urine testing,” AIU Press release read.
Federations in category A are also required to ensure that there is a minimum of three no-notice out-of-competition tests for all athletes who may be in the National Team in the 10 months prior to the 2022 World Championships.
They also have to ensure that all testing of athletes is conducted under the documented authority of the national anti-doping organisation.
“No testing is to be physically conducted by your Federation.
“Ensure that all samples are collected in accordance with the International Standard for Testing and Investigations (Appendix 5 of the World Athletics AntiDoping Rules) and sent for analysis to a WADA-accredited laboratory.
“Ensure all doping control forms are recorded in ADAMS on a timely basis,” the statement read.