National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) chairman Kip Keno told BBC that they would not tolerate such behavior.
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A second Kenyan track and field official was expelled from the Olympics on Thursday for posing as an athlete and giving a doping sample in the athlete’s name, Kenya’s team leader said.
A Kenyan coach has been sent home for posing as an athlete and submitting his urine sample in the athlete’s stead. We can not tolerate such behaviour’.
“We don’t even know how he came here because we (NOC) did not facilitate his travel here”, added Keino.
It is not confirmed which athlete Anzrah was pretending to be, but 800m runner Ferguson Rotich reportedly lent his pass to the coach.
Kenyan officials also said that Anzrah was found in the dining area of the athletes village before the test, apparently corroborating that.
Kenya’s athletics team has been plunged into fresh controversy after it was claimed a coach had seemingly attempted to cover up doping.
‘Hence he played along and went for the test, ‘ added the AK source.
On Sunday, track and field manager Michael Rotich was sent packing by Kenyan officials after he was caught on film trying to squeeze £10,000 ($12,956.30) from athletes’ representatives in exchange for a friendly advance warning if they were going to be tested.
The latest doping allegations come on the eve of the first track and field competition at the Rio Games and at an awkward time for organisers and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
So far Anzrah has not responded to requests for a comment.
This is the second doping scandal to rock Kenya’s track team at the Olympics, and comes with Kenyan athletics in the midst of a doping crisis and under severe scrutiny in Rio.
Magistrate Christine Njagi said she would rule on the police application on Wednesday.
‘It is tenuous, it is whimsical evidence, ‘ Lagat said.
Rotich allegedly asked for money in the return for information about when and where athletes would be visited by drug testers.
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Four senior officials at Kenya’s track federation have been suspended by the IAAF, track and field’s worldwide governing body, after being accused of trying to corrupt the anti-doping process.
