2 runners dropped from Kenya Olympic team over doping tests

Kenya was forced to drop two runners from its Olympic team just over a week before the Tokyo Games because they haven't taken the required number of out-of-competition doping tests, an official said on Thursday. Kenya also hasn't decided if steeplechase world and Olympic champion Conseslus Kipruto will be on the team and able defend his title in Tokyo. Kipruto dropped out of the race at the national trials last month after two laps and is out of shape, while he is also facing a criminal case in Kenya having been charged last year with statutory rape. He is released on bail.



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