Kenya's double gold medallist Beatrice Chebet celebrates at the world championships in Tokyo -- she has never failed an anti-doping test but questions are being asked about her country's practices

Kenya's double gold medallist Beatrice Chebet celebrates at the world championships in Tokyo -- she has never failed an anti-doping test but questions are being asked about her country's practices

 Yuichi YAMAZAKI

Kenyan athletes may have shone at the world championships in Tokyo, winning seven golds, but persistent allegations of doping still cast a shadow as the global anti-doping agency threatens to sanction the east African country.

The warning is anything but trivial for a nation whose runners embody Kenyans hopes for lifting families out of poverty, a desperate desire that can drive some over the line.

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