Two Kenyan runners have tested positive for doping at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing, the International Association of Athletics Federations has announced.


Koki Manunga and Joyce Zakary, who are both Kenyan 400 metres runners, were tested at their team hotel on 20 and 21 August, said the IAAF.

They were  provisionally suspended, the IAAF has said. Koki Manunga and Joyce Zakary “accepted provisional suspensions following positive samples provided in Beijing on the 20th and 21st of August respectively", the IAAF statement says.