Protesting Kenyan athletes place placards behind closed gates at Riadha House the Athletic Kenya (AK) Headquarters in capital Nairobi November 23, 2015. REUTERS/Noor Khamis
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan government on Wednesday called for top officials in its athletics federation to step down after athletes stormed Athletics Kenya (AK) headquarters in Nairobi in protest over corruption and feeble efforts to tackle doping.
The East African country boasts some of the world's finest middle and long-distance runners but in recent years has been shaken by a spate of failed drug tests undergone by athletes.
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