Bantsi admits doping challenges in the region
Friday, January 19, 2018
“We take doping seriously both at the CAA level and IAAF level. Anti doping body has now been moved away from IAAF administration to be an independent unit. We are urging our federations to have Medical and Anti-doping commissions,” he said.
Bantsi said the commissions’ mission is to educate athletes while also testing them. He said the number of athletes testing positive to banned substances in the region are a cause for concern. He said that at the moment the World Anti-doping Association (WADA) has a keen eye on Kenya, Ethiopia and Morocco amongst others in Africa.
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