World athletics chief Sebastian Coe has said the recent leakage of athletes’ personal medical information by hackers group Fancy Bears, which also appeared to link elite Kenyan athletes to doping, was unacceptable. "Everybody is entitled to private medical information and it is unacceptable that this should find its way to public domain," Coe told reporters. Among Kenyans whose personal medical records were leaked by the global hackers are three-times world 1,500 metres champion Asbel Kiprop and javelin world champion and Olympic silver medallist Julius Yego. British distance runner Mo Farah, a four-times Olympic gold medallist, was also a victim of the hack. Coe denied that athletics is losing its popularity, saying that tickets for next month’s world championships in London had sold out quickly.

Source: The Star July 12, 2017 15:56 UTC