A University of Stirling expert in doping in sport will investigate the prevalence or otherwise of performance enhancing drugs amongst Kenya’s elite runners.
The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) selected Dr Paul Dimeo, author of the critically acclaimed A History of Drug Use in Sport, to carry out a two-year project entitled Doping Behaviour, Causes and Prevention in Elite Level Kenyan Athletes: An Empirical Investigation, on the runners.
Kenya has a strong record of success in international athletics, particularly in middle- and long distance running, with all 14 of its 2008 Beijing Olympic medals coming from running events.
But while the athletes are household names on the international stage, little is known about their own knowledge of drugs – some of which may inadvertently fall foul of the WADA code.
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