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| Kenyan runners occupy athletics HQ | Kenyan runners occupy athletics HQ |
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| A group of Kenyan athletes have occupied the headquarters of the sport's national governing body, stopping officials from entering. | A group of Kenyan athletes have occupied the headquarters of the sport's national governing body, stopping officials from entering. |
| They want Athletics Kenya (AK) officials to step down over corruption allegations linked to a deal with Nike, the BBC's Anne Soy reports. | They want Athletics Kenya (AK) officials to step down over corruption allegations linked to a deal with Nike, the BBC's Anne Soy reports. |
| AK Vice-President David Okeyo has denied the allegations. | |
| The athletes also blame the administrators for failing to deal with doping in the sport. | The athletes also blame the administrators for failing to deal with doping in the sport. |
| Kenya is one of the world's top athletics nations and topped the medals table at August's athletics world championships in Beijing. | |
| Dick Pound, the man looking into doping for world athletics governing body, the IAAF, said that Kenyan athletics had a "real problem" with athletes taking performing-enhancing drugs. | Dick Pound, the man looking into doping for world athletics governing body, the IAAF, said that Kenyan athletics had a "real problem" with athletes taking performing-enhancing drugs. |
| The protesters say they want former runners to manage AK. | |
| "We are looking forward to being led by athletes. Those who understand the pain of running," said protest organiser Julius Ndegwa from the Professional Athletes Association of Kenya. | |
| AK President Isaiah Kiplagat told the BBC that "serious athletes are training, they have no time for demonstrations". | |
| Mr Kiplagat added that the protest had led them to cancel a meeting that was supposed to address the issues that the protesters are complaining about. |