Kipsang cries foul over missed drug test details
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- Kipsang, who claimed bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics and won the London and New York City Marathons this year said he also updated on his whereabouts and wonders why the doping people had to go to his house in Iten when he was in Nairobi.
- Kipsang, who claimed bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics and won the London and New York City Marathons this year said he also updated on his whereabouts and wonders why the doping people had to go to his house in Iten when he was in Nairobi.
Former world marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang has accused Athletics Kenya of witch-hunt and blackmail after the federation released details of his missed out-of-competition drug test.
Kipsang said that the move by Athletics Kenya was clearly in breach of privacy with “malicious target” to tarnish his name for being the head of the Professional Athletics Association of Kenya (PAAK) that is trying to fight for the rights of athletes in the country.
Kipsang, who has vowed to take legal action against AK, said he submitted all the required details on where he was after the IAAF sought to know why he missed an out-of-competition test on November 11.
Kipsang said that on the said date, he was in Nairobi alongside world record holder Dennis Kimetto preparing to fly to South Africa for the Global Athletes Conference.
It’s Kimetto, who erased Kipsang’s world marathon record time of 2:03:23 set in Berlin last year with a new time of 2:02:57 on the same course in September.
“I have submitted all necessary required details to the IAAF and the matter was settled in accordance to the governing law,” Kipsang said. “On the dates mentioned, I was to travel to South Africa to attend a global Athletics conference where I was representing Africa and Kenya and Athletics Kenya was aware.”
UPDATED WHEREABOUTS
Kipsang, who claimed bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics and won the London and New York City Marathons this year said he also updated on his whereabouts and wonders why the doping people had to go to his house in Iten when he was in Nairobi.
“December 24 is the D day where I am yet to respond according to the law,” said Kipsang. “Missing unintentionally a single test, in fact for the first time cannot amount to issuing a press statement by a national federation.”
Kipsang said had he missed the test deliberately then that should have been an issue and not when he had updated his whereabouts. “I am not the only athlete who misses a test. I am not the first one in Kenya neither in the whole world. Then, why Kipsang?” he posed.
Kipsang urged fellow athletes, fans and supporters not to be intimated by statements from AK headquarters.
