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AS IT IS 2014-11-22 Kenyan Runners Accused of Using Banned Substances 肯尼亚选手被指控使用违禁物质

A new report says some Kenyan athletes are using banned drugs to win sporting events. This year, Kenyan runners won marathons in the American cities of Boston and Chicago. After the races, scientists tested blood samples taken from the winners. The samples showed the presence of an illegal substance. Officials call such substances “performance-enhancing drugs,” or PEDs. Researchers say PEDs can help athletes perform at a higher level. Use of the drugs is called “doping.”

The report was the work of an anti-doping group. The group says it found that doping was becoming a serious issue in Kenya. Now, some Kenyan athletes are worried about the report and news stories about the test results. They say the incident could damage the image of Kenyans as the fastest long-distance runners in the world. 

In October, Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo won the Chicago Marathon for a second time. She had also won the Boston Marathon three times. And a Kenyan man and woman finished first in the male and female events at the New York marathon in November.

But in late October, reports said Rita Jeptoo had tested positive for EPO. That is the same drug that American Lance Armstrong admitted he had used to help him win cycling races. Ms. Jeptoo was the best-known Kenyan athlete to ever test positive for a banned substance.

She denies having taken EPO. And the sport’s governing committee in Kenya says the test results are not yet final. But the results surprised many people in Kenya’s sports community.

John Mwithiga has been training Kenyan athletes for 25 years. Some of those he has trained hold national records. He says doping has become a problem only recently.

“In (the) (19)80s we did not have doping in Kenya. In (the) (19)90s we did not have doping in Kenya. Now we are having it. We are hearing of doping cases since the year 2000.”

John Mwithiga says that even before the recent test results, some people had begun to believe that Kenyan runners were using banned substances.

“Sometimes I was in Poland last two years ago, during the world cross-country, and I heard that people from Malaysia and other places saying  that ‘now we are competing against the dopers.’”

Those accusations1 hurt Mr. Mwithiga. He says the athletes he trains do not use illegal substances. He says they work hard and have natural talent. He blames people who come from other countries to manage Kenyan athletes for the increased use of banned drugs.

Moni Wekesa is a sports law and medicine expert at the Institute of Capacity Building in Nairobi. He believes most Kenyan runners are not using banned drugs.  

“For a long time Kenya has had this image of having natural runners since the days of the Rome Olympics in 1960, and so on. In terms of long-distance running, the depth of talent is just unimaginable. And most of these are actually exerting2 their natural talent.”

Moni Wekesa led the anti-doping group that released its report last month. The report said Kenya has almost no controls in place to prevent doping. It said it was easy for the athletes to get banned drugs -- including from stores in Kenya. And it said most athletes do not have enough information to make the right choices.

“The problem is very bad in the sense that there’s a lot of ignorance3 around the matter, and the sports federations4 are doing nothing and have done nothing about it before. There’s no doping education going on. Many budding athletes have no idea what drugs to take and for what to take them.”

Mr. Wekesa says it is not fair to say that all Kenyan athletes are using banned drugs. He says the use of PEDs is more common in the West. But he says a closer examination of the performance of Kenyan athletes could be very good for the country.

“This perception5 would be coming at the right time for Kenya because for a long time Kenya believed, ‘well, we run naturally, we do our sport naturally, doping is a problem of elsewhere.’ But now with this kind of publicity6, I think it’s high time that the authorities concerned sat down and did something about this.”

The Associated Press news agency says the report has been given to the Kenyan government and to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Africa office. The AP noted7 that some members of the country’s rugby and soccer teams were found to be using banned substances. The report said some soccer players were using marijuana, cocaine8 and steroids.

In early November, a Kenyan cabinet minister admitted the country had a doping problem. The minister announced plans to open an anti-doping agency by the end of this year.

Words in This Story 

marathon – n. a race that is about 42 kilometers long

sample – n. a small amount of something that gives you information about the thing it was taken from

doping – n. the use of an illegal substance or drug to improve an athlete’s performance

distance – n. the amount of space between two places or objects

famous – adj. known or recognized by very many people

admit – v. to express one’s guilt9 or responsibility

positive – adj. showing the presence of a particular germ, condition, or substance

substance – n. the material of which something is made

expert – n. a person with special knowledge or training


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1 accusations 3e7158a2ffc2cb3d02e77822c38c959b     
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名
参考例句:
  • There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
  • He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
2 exerting 511ddcda59303d8c89958efa035b8495     
v.用(力)( exert的现在分词 );尽(力);运用;发挥
参考例句:
  • The cyst was causing swelling and exerting pressure on her brain. 那个囊肿正在引起肿胀,压迫着她的大脑。 来自辞典例句
  • We are to slide the box by exerting a force on it. 我们对箱子施加作用力,使它滑动。 来自辞典例句
3 ignorance Mc4z9     
n.无知,愚昧,不了解,(of,about)不知道
参考例句:
  • The relation of disease to poverty and ignorance is easy to see.疾病与贫穷、无知之间的关系是显而易见的。
  • Maybe it is all due to my own ignorance.也许是我少见多怪。
4 federations e058b5358eb959171810d596a835368f     
n.联邦( federation的名词复数 );同盟;联盟;联合会
参考例句:
  • These problems are women's special problems and special work of women's federations. 这样的问题,就是妇女的特殊问题,就是妇联的特殊工作。 来自互联网
  • The Bridge Federate is a feasible solution to achieve multi-federations interconnection. 基于桥接成员实现多联邦互连是目前较为通用和可行的方法。 来自互联网
5 perception BM6xj     
n.感知,感觉,觉察(力);认识,观念,看法
参考例句:
  • What's your perception of the matter?你对此事有什么看法?
  • He was a man of keen perception.他是一个感觉敏锐的人。
6 publicity ASmxx     
n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告
参考例句:
  • The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
  • He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事,只当它是一种宣传手法。
7 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的,知名的
参考例句:
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
8 cocaine VbYy4     
n.可卡因,古柯碱(用作局部麻醉剂)
参考例句:
  • That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
  • Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。
9 guilt 9e6xr     
n.犯罪;内疚;过失,罪责
参考例句:
  • She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
  • Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。

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