Kenyan TV documentary on EPO use reinforces doping claims, says Wada

• Poisoned Spikes shows apparent ease with which EPO can be bought

• Wada says documentary ‘corroborates’ previous doping allegations

• Kenya bans agents of Dennis Kimoto pending doping investigation

A Kenyan television documentary purportedly showing a man being offered an injection of the blood booster EPO in a shop for $100 (£67) “corroborates” previous doping allegations in the country, the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Thursday.

Poisoned Spikes, a documentary aired by Citizen Television, was concerning and “adds to” many of the findings of a 2012 German TV programme that initially uncovered doping problems in Kenya, the Wada director general David Howman said in a statement.

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