Summary:
- A second Kenyan coach has been expelled from the ongoing Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Retired sprint legend, John Anzrah, was kicked from the Olympics after allegedly posing as an athlete and giving out a urine while wearing an accreditation badge of an athlete
- Anzrah was the sprint coach for the Kenyan track and field team before his expulsion from the games and is expected in Nairobi on Friday, August 12
Kenya’s turmoil at the Rio de Janeiro, Olympics in Brazil has continued after a second coach was expelled from the games.
Retired sprint legend, John Anzrah is accused of posing as an athlete and gave out his urine sample while wearing an accreditation badge meant for athletes.
Anzrah was Kenya’s sprint coach for the track and field team and is now expected in Nairobi on Friday, August 12.
Kenyan athletics coach John Anzrah was sent home from the Rio Olympics after he posed as an athlete and gave a urine sample in a doping test, Kenya’s Olympics chief told Reuters on Thursday, August 11, 2016.
The athlete’s agent, Marc Corstjens, said Rotich lent Anzrah his pass so the coach could get a free breakfast in the Olympic Village on Wednesday.
Kenya coach John Anzrah was allegedly carrying 800m runner Ferguson Rotich’s (above) accreditation
Anzrah, 61, was then allegedly approached by a doping control officer who was looking for Rotich and asked to provide a urine sample, which the coach did.
“Ferguson is completely confused as to why he would do this but the good news is that he found out straight away and went to the drug-tester and gave them blood and urine samples,” said Corstjens.
The International Olympic Committee has opened disciplinary proceedings into the matter, but praised Kenya’s Olympic body for its “swift action”.
Chairman Keino said the committee had not facilitated Anzrah’s travel to Brazil, adding: “We don’t even know how he came here.”
Anzrah is the second Kenyan official to be sent home from the Games over doping issues.
“We have sent (sprint coach) Anzrah back home. He presented himself as an athlete, gave the urine sample and even signed the documents.
We cannot tolerate such behaviour,” Kip Keino, chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK), said in a telephone interview from Rio.
Last week, Kenya sent their track and field manager Michael Rotich home from the Games following allegations that he requested money to let undercover journalists, posing as athlete representatives, know when drugs testers would come calling.
Rotich has denied the accusations.
