Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) Head Brett Clothier has pointed out that the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya needed more funding to fight against doping.
Brett was discussing the recent spike in the number of Kenyan athletes registering Anti-Doping Violations.
Over 16 Kenyan athletes were banned for doping violations this year after they tested positive for Norandrosterone and Triamcinolone.
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“The job needs to be ramped up a lot in Kenya, ADAK is a very great anti-doping agency, and we work very closely with it but frankly need more resources to fight this battle,” AIU Head Brett Clothier stated.
Regarding how the anti-doping agency detects doping from athletes' samples, Brett Clothier noted that the AIU uses Athlete Biological Passports (ABPs).
In a recent publication by AIU, it was pointed out that 10 Kenyan athletes tested positive for the use of triamcinolone acetonide between 2021 and 2022.
Within the same time period in athletics globally, there have been just two positive triamcinolone acetonide AAFs for athletes from all other countries.
The use of triamcinolone acetonide has grown from three in a span of four years from 2017 to 2020.
AIU is an independent body formed by the World Athletics that manages both doping and non-doping violations for the sport of athletics.
Recently on October 17, Athletics Kenya (AK) came up with a long-term strategy to make sure runners are clean. The strategy will see 400 upcoming runners being educated on the benefits of not using performance-enhancing substances.
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