RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Olympic organizers say Kenya is sending a track and field official home from the Rio Games over "very serious allegations" that he offered to protect cheating athletes from drug testing.
IOC spokesman Mark Adams said the Kenya team feels that Michael Rotich's continued presence in Rio de Janeiro would be "distracting."
Kenya's delegation "has asked that he leaves," Adams said. "They are clearly very serious allegations"
The Sunday Times in London said the Kenyan track and field manager was secretly filmed offering to protect cheating athletes from drug testing authorities. It said he offered to provide advance warning of drugs tests in return for a 10,000-pound ($13,000) bribe during a Sunday Times undercover investigation.