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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Olympic and world 800-meter champion David Rudisha says a lack of money and testing infrastructure has made it difficult to fight doping in developing countries such as Kenya.
More than 40 Kenyan athletes have tested positive to banned substances in the past three years, prompting the World Anti-Doping Agency to set an April 5 deadline for Kenya to pass legislation. At stake is the country's appearance at the Rio Olympics in August.
Rudisha, also the 800 world record holder, will compete in an IAAF World Challenge meet Saturday in Melbourne.
He says ''it has been tough for our (Kenyan) sport with the turbulence that we are going through ... the government and the federation need to work together with the athletes.''
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