The German television channel ARD and The Sunday Times recorded secret tapings in Kenya and published their findings in an eight minute video released today. 

The crew traveled to the high altitude training center in Iten, Kenya where Kenyan and European athletes, many Olympians, train.

The video shows syringes and medication found in athletes’ rooms and in the trash, most of it EPO. 

They travel to a pharmacist with an athlete and EPO is purchased within minutes. An athlete also takes them to his doctor, who claims he has treated more than 50 athletes with EPO, three of them British.

The doctor says that with EPO the athletes would improve athlete performance within “three months” and that if they were subjected to a drug test “they will find nothing.”

The doctor retracted his claims when approached again by ARD. The two doctors featured in the short film have since been arrested.

The video also shows a man who claims he is the coach of an Olympic champ (his face is hidden) and confirms the claims by saying, "The great majority of athletes who appear out of nowhere are doped."

Below is a screenshot from the short film, which can be viewed here.



This is a developing story.