Former marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang has hit out at Athletics Kenya after they confirmed that he missed an out-of-competition doping test last month.
The organisation revealed that the IAAF tried to test Kipsang on November 11, but the athlete himself has questioned why this information has been made public.
According to BBC Sport, Kipsang said: "I wish to state it clearly that it is breach of privacy with malicious target to soil my name and efforts I have put in towards developing and streamlining the art of running in Kenya.
"I am fully aware of the communication from IAAF and I have submitted all necessary required details and the matter was settled accordance to the governing law. In the dates mentioned, I was in South Africa to attend a global athletics conference where I was representing Africa and Kenya and Athletics Kenya was aware, and the same was updated in my whereabouts calendar.
"Missing unwillingly a single test, in fact for the first time cannot amount to issuing a press statement by a national federation. I am not the only athlete who misses a test. I am not the first one in Kenya neither in the whole world. Then, why Kipsang?"
Kipsang came first in the New York Marathon this year.
Danielle Joynson
