Kenyan athletes caught doping do it in uncoordinated, unsophisticated way - WADA


Kenya's athletes run during a training session in Nairobi, ahead of the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing, August 5, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo Picture Supplied by Action Images

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan athletes who engage in doping do it in an uncoordinated, unsophisticated and opportunistic way, with no sign of an institutionalised system, according to a World Anti-Doping Agency report released on Thursday.

The WADA report also said that between 2004 and Aug. 1, 138 Kenyan athletes had tested positive for prohibited substances, 113 of them during competitions.

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