Kenya were on Thursday given a new deadline of May 2 by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) to implement Wada’s code or risk missing out on the Rio Olympics.
Kenya had already missed a February 11 deadline.
Wada in a statement said “Unless the bill, policy and Adak’s (Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya) rules are formally adopted by 2 May 2016, the Compliance Review Committee’s recommendation to the Wada Foundation Board will be to declare the ADAK non-compliant”.
Kenya had been placed on a ‘watch-list’ of nations at risk of breaching its code and given until April 5 to prove it was tackling drug taking in sport.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday expressed his hope that athletes from the east African track giants would compete at the August Olympics despite doubts over the country’s anti-doping legislation.
An IAAF decision on Russia, currently banned from world athletics over allegations of systematic doping, will also be taken in May.
Wada Extends Kenya"s Anti - Doping Deadline
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